Cold War (Central Victory)

The Cold War (German: Kalter Krieg, Japanese: コールド戦争; Kōrudo sensō, 1947–1991) was the continuing state of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition existing after World War II (1939–1945) between the Imperial World, primarily the German and Japanese empire's and their satellite states and allies, and the powers of the Western world, primarily the Canada and its allies. 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 neutral in World War II, the Canadian government disagreed about political philosophy and the configuration of the post-war world while Germany was occupying most of Europe. Germany, Japan, and Egypt 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. Canada and its allies used containment of ultranationalism as a main strategy, establishing alliances such as Neo-Allied Accord to that end.

Canada funded the Mackenzie King Plan to effectuate a more rapid post-War recovery of the U.S. and Britain, while Germany would not let most Axis members participate. Elsewhere, in Latin America and South Asia, the Axis assisted and helped foster ethnic conflicts, opposed by several Western countries and their regional allies; some they attempted to roll back, with mixed results. Some countries aligned with the Neo-Allies and the Axis, and others formed the Non-Aligned Movement.

Both sides sought détente to relieve political tensions and deter direct military attack, which would probably guarantee their mutual assured destruction with nuclear weapons.

In the 1980s, under the Mulroney Doctrine, Canada increased diplomatic, military, and economic pressures on Germany, at a time when the nation was already suffering economic stagnation. In the late 1980s, German Chancellor Willi Stoph introduced the liberalizing reforms of Offenheit ("openness", 1985). The Cold War ended after the German Empire collapsed in 1991, leaving Canada as the dominant military power. The Cold War and its events have had a significant impact on the world today, and it is commonly referred to in popular culture.