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Maps
 
Interactive maps, detailing the impact of the Cold War on political boundaries, are available here, by episode:

 


Cold War Battlelines
See how Europe's boundaries were changed by war, peace, compromise and the onset of a Cold War.
   
The Iron Curtain
In a matter of months, World War II allies became Cold War rivals. See how the Iron Curtain fell across Europe.
 

The Marshall Plan
How Marshall Plan aid was distributed country-by-country -- and which East bloc nations rejected help.
   
The Berlin Airlift
Launch an interactive map which reveals how the allies broke the Soviet blockade of Berlin with a dramatic air relief effort.
 

The Korean conflict
Track the ebb and flow of the Korean war -- from invasion, to counterattack to Chinese intervention
   
Flames of Revolt
Stalin's death fuels separate independence movements behind the Iron Curtain.
Budapest
Hotspots of the 1956 revolt
 

How the Wall Worked
Launch an illustrated map detailing how East German communists used the Wall to stem the flow of refugees to the West.
   
Vietnam
Launch a geographic history of the Vietnam conflict
 

The Nuclear Club
To see who has the bomb and who wants it launch our map.
   
Wenceslas Square, Prague
Visit the site were thousands gathered for Czechoslavakia's 1968 "Prague Spring" and 1989 "Velvet Revolution"
 
 

China: Borders of the Middle Kingdom
Since its founding in 1949, the People's Republic of China has had turbulent relations with its neighbors.
   
Cold War "Playgrounds": Central and South America
Track how U.S. interests and Soviet ideology combined with postwar nationalism to create a volatile mix in Central and South America.
 

The Cold War as Regional Flashpoint
See how the Cold War threaten to turn regional conflict in Africa and the Middle East into global war.
 

Afghanistan and its neighbors: A Cold War history
How the Cold War -- and the Soviet invasion -- redefined Afghanistan's standing in the world and in the region.

Where the Wall fell
See interactive images of five pivotal cities where the Iron Curtain unraveled


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