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Iron Curtains and Proxy Fires: Cold War Frontlines
铁幕与代理之火：冷战的前线
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After 1947, the U.S. and USSR avoided direct war but fought fiercely through local allies and insurgent movements.
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In Korea, American troops backed Seoul while Soviet- and Chinese-trained forces defended Pyongyang from 1950 onward.
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Cuba became a flashpoint when Soviet missiles were secretly installed just 90 miles from Florida in 1962.
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Angola’s civil war drew in Cuban soldiers, South African troops, and CIA-backed militias throughout the 1980s.
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The U.S. funded Afghan mujahideen against Soviet occupation, later creating unintended long-term consequences.
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Soviet advisors trained Ethiopian forces during the Ogaden War, while the U.S. armed Somalia’s military instead.
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Berlin remained divided not by ideology alone, but by concrete walls, checkpoints, and whispered escape plans.
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Radio Free Europe broadcast uncensored news into Eastern Bloc countries, making airwaves another contested battlefield.
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Both superpowers built nuclear arsenals large enough to destroy civilization, yet chose smaller, deniable conflicts instead.
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These proxy wars reshaped continents while keeping Washington and Moscow safely distant from mutual annihilation.