3 Hours of Cold War Facts to Fall Asleep to

This video explores Punic War History . Each section offers a clear and thoughtful explanation of historic events to fall asleep to. 🕰️ Time Stamps: 00:00:00 Beginning of the Cold War 00:06:28 The Term “Cold War” 00:14:16 The Yalta Conference 00:21:46 The Iron Curtain Speech 00:27:57 The Truman Doctrine 00:34:00 The Marshall Plan 00:40:48 The Molotov Plan 00:48:49 The Berlin Blockade & Airlift 00:54:34 Formation of NATO & the Warsaw Pact 01:01:24 The Korean War 01:07:33 The Nuclear Arms Race 01:13:58 The Space Race 01:19:04 The U-2 Incident 01:26:17 The Bay of Pigs Invasion 01:31:14 The Berlin Wall 01:36:21 The Cuban Missile Crisis 01:43:16 The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 01:50:19 The Vietnam War 01:55:02 The SALT I & SALT II Treaties 02:01:16 The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan 02:07:06 The 1980 Moscow Olympics Boycott 02:12:55 The Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars Program) 02:20:31 The Chernobyl Disaster 02:27:47 Glasnost & Perestroika 02:31:13 The Fall of the Berlin Wall 02:34:39 The Collapse of the Soviet Union 02:40:03 The Dissolution of the Warsaw Pact 02:44:55 The Cold War Ends Without Direct Conflict 02:51:11 NATO Expansion After the Cold War 02:58:04 Espionage: The CIA vs. KGB 03:05:27 Secret Resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis 03:09:48 Cold War Influence on Pop Culture 03:16:57 Global Influence in the Middle East, Africa, & Latin America 03:23:36 The 1969 U.S. Moon Landing 03:29:25 The Cold War’s Lasting Impact on Global Politics