Introduction
After World War II, the world was shaken. As the the Cold War began in 1946 in Europe, the two strongest nations - the United States and the United Nations - or “the superpowers” marked the beginning of the Cold War. The United States was a capitalist country, while the United Nations was a communist country. By the end of World War II, the United States commanded Britain and France, but France controlled half of Western Germany which included the western side of Germany's capital, Berlin. The Soviet Union commanded half of Germany which also included Berlin, but this was the East side of Berlin. Due to the differences between the United States and the United Nations, it caused drastic tension between the two opposing sides of Germany's capital city. This caused the United Nations to block off all communication and transportation through Berlin by creating the Berlin wall, separating the East and West side. The wall created much dispute throughout the two opposing sides. But, the cooling year of 1989 surfaced the event of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 created less tension and separation, and also led to many occurrences that all contributed to the major events in this cooling year and more to come as the Cold War came to an end.
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