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[[File:Berlin Wall 1979 02.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Berlin Wall]] with behind the Brandenburger Tor.]]
[[File:Berlin Wall 1979 02.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Berlin Wall]] with behind the Brandenburger Tor.]]
Although there was no direct fighting between the superpowers, each country was involved in medium-scale [[proxy war]]s, most notably in [[Korea]], [[Vietnam]] and [[Afghanistan]]. The tensest moment between the two main powers came in October 1962 during the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]], which ended without escalation into warfare.
Although there was no direct fighting between the superpowers, each country was involved in medium-scale [[proxy war]]s, most notably in [[Korea]], [[Vietnam]] and [[Afghanistan]]. The tensest moment between the two main powers came in October 1962 during the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]], which ended without escalation into warfare.
[[File:John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khruchchev 1961.jpg|thumb|200px|Kruchchev with [[John F. Kennedy]] in 1961. Kennedy was murdered by the [[deep state]] in his own "[[democracy|democratic]]" government for trying to make [[peace]] with the [[Soviet Union]] and end Cold War I.]]
[[File:John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khruchchev 1961.jpg|thumb|200px|Kruchchev with [[John F. Kennedy]] in 1961. Kennedy was murdered by the undemocratic [[deep state]] in his own government for trying to make [[peace]] with the [[Soviet Union]] and end Cold War I.]]
The Cold War lead to the development of the First-World (United States and its allies) Second-World (Soviet Union and its allies) and Third-World (countries not allied with either superpower and with no nuclear programs) system of classifying countries. "Third-World" is the only term in this system still commonly used today, and it typically denotes an unindustrialized or still industrializing country.
The Cold War lead to the development of the First-World (United States and its allies) Second-World (Soviet Union and its allies) and Third-World (countries not allied with either superpower and with no nuclear programs) system of classifying countries. "Third-World" is the only term in this system still commonly used today, and it typically denotes an unindustrialized or still industrializing country.