Cold War (Colony Crisis Averted)

The Cold War (German: Kalter Krieg, Japanese: コールド戦争; Kōrudo sensō, 1957–1989) was the continuing state of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition existing after the Great War (1954–1956) between the Axis Bloc, primarily the German and Japanese empire's and their satellite states and allies, and the powers of the Entente Bloc, primarily the British Empire, Russian Empire, and the Franco-Spain Holy Alliance. Although the primary participants' military force never officially clashed directly, they expressed the conflict through military coalitions, strategic conventional force deployments, extensive aid to states deemed vulnerable, proxy wars, espionage, propaganda, conventional and nuclear arms races, appeals to neutral nations, rivalry at sports events, and technological competitions such as the Space Race.

Despite being allies in the Great War, the British government disagreed about political philosophy and the configuration of the post-war world while Prussia was occupying most of Europe. Germany and Japan created spheres of influence with the countries they occupied, annexing some and maintaining others as satellite states, some of which were later consolidated as Axis members. Great Britian and its allies used containment of ultranationalism as a main strategy, establishing alliances such as Entente Pact to that end.