Explore the origins and escalation of the Cold War in this documentary. Following the end of WW2 and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, two superpowers emerged: the USA and the USSR. Track the descent into global rivalry, from Churchill's Iron Curtain speech and the Berlin Airlift to the Korean War, atomic espionage, the Space Race, and the rise of Mutually Assured Destruction. See how ideologic conflict shaped the 20th century and brought the world to the brink of WW3.
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