After the war, both the U.S. and the Soviet Union were left with a gigantic amount of nuclear weapons, compared to what they had before. Moreover, U.S. formed the military bloc, NATO, while the Soviet Union formed The Warsaw Pact. These led to proxy wars, like the Vietnam War and the Korean War. Towards the end of the Cold War-era, living standards of fallen in the Soviet Union, causing them to collapse thanks to their economic weaknesses. With this, The Warsaw Pact became non-existent, and former Soviet republics, like the Baltic States, became independent. With the fall of the Soviet Union, communism no longer has a major influence upon the world, and the U.S. became the only superpower of the the world at the
After the war, both the U.S. and the Soviet Union were left with a gigantic amount of nuclear weapons, compared to what they had before. Moreover, U.S. formed the military bloc, NATO, while the Soviet Union formed The Warsaw Pact. These led to proxy wars, like the Vietnam War and the Korean War. Towards the end of the Cold War-era, living standards of fallen in the Soviet Union, causing them to collapse thanks to their economic weaknesses. With this, The Warsaw Pact became non-existent, and former Soviet republics, like the Baltic States, became independent. With the fall of the Soviet Union, communism no longer has a major influence upon the world, and the U.S. became the only superpower of the the world at the