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[[File:BerlinAirlift.jpeg|250px|left|thumbnail}|During the airlift in 1949]]
After World War II why did the Soviets and Allies mistrust each other and how did this apprehension lead to the Cold War? The Cold War (1945-1991) represented a series of localized conflicts and intense diplomatic rivalries between camps led by the capitalist United States and the Communist Soviet Union. This era also saw a massive increase in civilian and military technology, including thousands of nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them across the planet.