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Cold War
Part of The post-World War II era
Clockwise from top right: Checkpoint Charlie, 1970; A U.S. Navy Lockheed SP-2H Neptune flying over a Soviet freighter, 1962; George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign agreements to end chemical weapon production 1990; Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989; Prague Spring and subsequent Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968; the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, 1979
Date 12 March 1947 – 26 December 1991 (44 years and 9 months) Location Most first world and second world countries Result Western Bloc Victory Revolutions of 1989 end with most communist regimes disposed of Soviet Union dissolves Warsaw Pact disbanded along with other communist organisations The United States becomes the world's sole superpower
Belligerents
Western Bloc Main Western Bloc Nations: United States United Kingdom France Republic of China West Germany Italy Canada Portugal South Korea South Vietnam (1955–75)	Eastern Bloc Main Eastern Bloc Nations: Soviet Union China (1945–1950s) Romania East Germany Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Poland Hungary North Korea North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
U.S. Presidents: List Harry Truman Dwight Eisenhower John F. Kennedy † Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George H.W. Bush	Soviet Leaders: List Joseph Stalin † Nikita Kruschev Leonid Brezhnev † Yuri Andropov † Konstantin Chernenko † Mikhail Gorbachev