
Cold War Battlelines
See how Europe's boundaries were changed by war, peace, compromise and the onset of a Cold War.
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The Iron Curtain
In a matter of months, World War II allies became Cold War rivals. See how the Iron Curtain fell across Europe.
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The Marshall Plan
How Marshall Plan aid was distributed country-by-country -- and which East bloc nations rejected help.
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The Berlin Airlift
Launch an interactive map which reveals how the allies broke the Soviet blockade of Berlin with a dramatic air relief effort.
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The Korean conflict
Track the ebb and flow of the Korean war -- from invasion, to counterattack to Chinese intervention
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Flames of Revolt
Stalin's death fuels separate independence movements behind the Iron Curtain.
Budapest
Hotspots of the 1956 revolt
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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.
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Vietnam
Launch a geographic history of the Vietnam conflict
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The Nuclear Club
To see who has the bomb and who wants it launch our map.
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Wenceslas Square, Prague
Visit the site were thousands gathered for Czechoslavakia's 1968 "Prague Spring" and 1989 "Velvet Revolution"
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China: Borders of the Middle Kingdom
Since its founding in 1949, the People's Republic of China has had turbulent relations with its neighbors.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Where the Wall fell
See interactive images of five pivotal
cities where the Iron Curtain unraveled
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