The Cold War was a period of history during which

the Allied powers defeated Hitler.
the United States and the Soviet Union fought each other.
the United States and the Soviet Union mistrusted each other.
atomic bombs were dropped for the first time.

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The Cold War was a period of history during which the United States and the Soviet Union mistrusted each other. This era, which lasted roughly from the end of World War II in the late 1940s until the early 1990s, was characterized by political tension, military competition, ideological conflicts, and the threat of nuclear war, but it did not involve direct military confrontation between the two superpowers.