Third world countries became the perfect battleground for cold war proxy battles during the early 1940's to late 1990's. United States wanted to flex its political muscle and try to curtail the spread of Soviet Communism in the developing nations.
The period of the Cold War transformed the European continent between the late 40's to the early 90's. ... However the Marshall plan demonstrated the first real divide in Europe as the Soviet Union forbade nations in it sphere of influence to accept marshal aid.
Asia was drastically affected by the cold war. The Korean war divided Korea at the 38th parallel,making it into North and South Korea. ... Another big player in the cold war in Asia was Vietnam and the fight against communism that killed 58,000 American soldiers, and an unnamed amount of Vietnamese soldiers.
