Here’s the entire Cold War by the numbers
SUMMARY
When the Soviets tested their first atomic bomb in 1949, it was game on. President Harry S. Truman responded by announcing that the United States would build an even more destructive weapon: the hydrogen bomb. Stalin followed suit and the "arms race" began. This was the start of the Cold War.
In retrospect, the US's weirdest war put up some very impressive stats. Crash Course, a YouTube channel dedicated to crazy history facts and stats on pretty much any topic created the following video about the Cold War, and the facts are chilling. If you don't know many of the details about it, the video below will give you a, you guessed it, crash course.
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What did you think about these Cold War facts?
We thought it was pretty interesting. Who knew that war led to the creation of NASA? Let us know what you'd like to learn about next in the comments!
