The Western Bloc is an informal, collective term for countries that were officially allied with the United States during the Cold War of 1947–1991. While...
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The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc (Combloc), the Socialist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was the coalition of communist states of Central...
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of Western Bloc intelligence agents, military personnel, scientists, politicians, diplomats, and other prominent people who defected to Eastern Bloc or...
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Western Bloc and Eastern Bloc, each characterised by distinct political and economical systems. Prior to the Roman conquest, a large part of Western Europe...
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up bloc, blocs, Bloc, or błoć in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bloc may refer to: Political bloc, a coalition of political parties Trade bloc, a type...
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The Western Desert cultural bloc (also capitalised, abbreviated to WDCB, or just Western Desert) is a cultural region in central Australia covering about...
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Warsaw Pact (redirect from Warsaw Bloc)
counterweight to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Western Bloc. There was no direct military confrontation between the two organizations;...
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Outline of the Cold War (section Western Bloc)
War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies...
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Aerobiz Supersonic (section Western Bloc)
beginning of the game until 1986, the Eastern Bloc countries are stuck with tense relations with Western Europe, North America, and countries in the British...
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Cold War (redirect from Western europe during the cold war)
States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War...
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similarly grouped together those countries that were aligned with the Western Bloc of the United States. It included communist states that were originally...
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War, as it grouped together those countries that were aligned with the Western Bloc of the United States. This grouping was directly opposed to the Second...
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towards the Western world, and publicly rejected the Soviet Union's policy of peaceful coexistence between the Western Bloc and Eastern Bloc. In addition...
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represented a third position between the capitalism of the Western Bloc and the communism of the Eastern Bloc. The term "Third Position" was coined in Europe and...
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the Post Stalinist Soviet Union § The Dissolution of the Soviet Union and Bloc Bonnell, Victoria E., and Gregory Freidin. "Televorot: The role of television...
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Entebbe raid (section Western Bloc)
Benin, Libya and Tanzania, that condemned Israel, was not put to a vote. Western nations spoke in support of the raid. West Germany called the raid "an...
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the Cold War (c. 1947–1991) between the Western allies (primarily the US and Western Europe) and the Eastern Bloc (primarily the Soviet Union and allied...
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Berlin Wall (category Eastern Bloc)
physically the Iron Curtain that separated the Western Bloc and Soviet satellite states of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Before the Wall's erection...
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cartridge of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc, analogous to the 9×19mm Parabellum in NATO and Western Bloc military use. During the Second World War...
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A black bloc (sometimes black block) is a tactic used by protesters who wear black clothing, ski masks, scarves, sunglasses, motorcycle helmets with padding...
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ramification of the later Nuremberg Trials upon German support for the Western Bloc, placing great pressure on Haywood's efforts to reach a just verdict...
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During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc. West Germany was formed...
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influence. In 1952, by joining NATO, Greece clearly became part of the Western Bloc of the Cold War. But in Greek society, the deep divide between the leftist...
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"Moss", the A-50 first flew in 1978. Its existence was revealed to the Western Bloc in 1978 by Adolf Tolkachev. It entered service in 1985, with about 40...
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WEU implemented the Modified Brussels Treaty. During the Cold War, the Western Bloc included the WEU member-states, plus the United States and Canada, as...
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War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union, its allies...
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The first three represented the Western Bloc and the capitalist system, and the Soviet Union led the Eastern Bloc and expanded its communist system...
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position throughout the Western world, particularly with the spread of Christian democracy across Europe. It aligned with the Western bloc during the Cold War...
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dominated by the Cold War (1947–1991) between the Western Bloc, led by the United States, and the Eastern Bloc, led by the Soviet Union. The confrontation spurred...
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Bloc Party are an English rock band that was formed in London in 1999 by co-founders Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, sampler) and Russell...
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