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This is the article of the Participants in the Cold War fought between the United States of America and the Soviet Union from 1947-1991 fighting over the ideologies of capitalism vs communism. It started from March 12th, 1947, with the Truman doctrine and it lasted until December 26th, 1991, with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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United States of America and allies	Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and allies
States and governments: United States of America North Atlantic Treaty Organization Belgium Canada Denmark Fourth French Republic French Union Fifth French Republic West Germany (BRD) Kingdom of Greece Greece Iceland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain (from 1982) Turkey United Kingdom Republic of Vietnam (Until 1975) Kingdom of Laos (Until 1975) Khmer Republic (Until 1975) Republic of Cuba Republic of China First Republic of Korea Second Republic of Korea Supreme Council for National Reconstruction Third Republic of Korea Fourth Republic of Korea Fifth Republic of Korea Sixth Republic of Korea Provisional Central Government of Vietnam Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Islamic Republic of Pakistan Kingdom of Yemen Kingdom of Thailand Republic of Indonesia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Limited) (From 1948) Georgios Papandreou Government (1944) Nikolaos Plastiras Government (1945) Jamaica Polish Underground State Polish government-in-exile Francoist Spain Kingdom of Travanore Hyderabad State United States of Indonesia Republic of South Maluku Pahlavi Iran Kingdom of Afghanistan Revolutionary Council of Government (El Salvador) Southern Autonomous Republic (1946–1947) Provisional Government of South Vietnam (1947–1949) Provisional Central Government of Vietnam (1948–1949) Non-state actors: Afghan Mujahideen Peshawar Seven (Sunni groups) Jamiat-i Islami Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin Hezb-i Islami Khalis Islamic Union for the Liberation of Afghanistan Islamic Revolutionary Movement of Afghanistan National Islamic Front of Afghanistan National Liberation Front Ahmadzai Tribal Confederacy Various Sunni Jihadist Groups Tehran Eight (Shia groups) Hezbollah Afghanistan Sazman-i Nasr Afghan Revolutionary Guard Corps Islamic Movement of Afghanistan Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Islamic Revolution Movement Union of Islamic Fighters for Islam in Afghanistan Thunder Party Various Shia Jihadist Groups Other groups Afghanistan Liberation Organization Liberation Organization of the People of Afghanistan Afghanistan Mujahedin Freedom Fighters Front Islamic Union of the Northern Provinces Sharafat Kuh Front Partisans of National Liberation of Afghanistan Harakat-e-Mulavi Contras FDN UDN ARDE MILPAS Fifteenth of September Legion KISAN YATAMA ΡΕΑΝ RAN Organization X Ex-members of the Security Battalions EDES Polish Armed Anti-Communist Resistance (1944-53) Cursed soldiers Freedom and Independence NIE Konspiracyjne Wojsko Polskie Armed Forces Delegation for Poland Citizens' Home Army Peasants' Battalions National Armed Forces Ukrainian Insurgent Army National Military Union Various Armed groups Polish Civil Anti-Communist Resistance Strike committees Workers' Defence Committee KSS KOR ROBCiO Free Trade Unions of the Coast Fighting Solidarity Orange Alternative Marxist reformists (1968) Workers' Defence Committee Committee for Social Self-defence Letter of 59 Various Civil Anti-Communist groups Jamaica Labour Party Shower Posse Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters Forest Brothers Hòa Hảo Cao Đài Vietnamese National Independence Party Đại Việt Nationalist Party Postribë rebels Razakar movement Masyumi Party Hizbullah (Indonesia) Kuomintang Party Pro-Kuomintang Militias White émigré RADEPA Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Japan Business Federation (1946) Colorado Party (Paraguay) Colorado militias Haganah Palmach Hish HIM Irgun Lehi Pro-Israeli Druze militants Pro-Israeli Allied Bedouin tribes Chalbaud Military faction Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) National Union Party (Costa Rica) Caribbean Legion Czech National Social Party KDU-ČSL Democratic Party (Slovakia, 1944) Social Democracy party (anti-communist factions) Baba Shefqet Detachment Rebels Syrian Social Nationalist Party Arab Liberation Movement Northwest Youth League Korean Youth League (South Korea) Colombian Conservative Party Colombian Conservative Party Paramilitary Groups: Pájaros Los Chulavitas Others Popular Republican Movement Republican People's Party Polish People's Party (1945–1949) Indochina Constitutional Party Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng Union National Front (Vietnam) Bao Quoc Youth Union Đại Việt Duy Dân Đảng Vietnam National Restoration League Vietnam National Independence Party Indochina Democratic Party Vietnam National Union Vietnam Social Democratic Party Cao Dai Religion Cao Dai Army Binh Xuyen Inter-Zone (since 1948) Pure Land of the Lay Buddhist Association of Vietnam 1953 Plzeň Rebels 1953 East German Anti-Stalinist demonstrators Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955) Australian Labor Party - Anti Communist Factions	States and governments: Soviet Union Warsaw Pact People's Socialist Republic of Albania (until 1968) People's Republic of Bulgaria Czechoslovak Socialist Republic East Germany (DDR) Hungarian People's Republic Polish People's Republic Romanian People's Republic Mongolian People's Republic (Observer) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Until 1948) Peoples Democratic Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of Afghanistan People's Republic of the Congo Derg People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia People's Revolutionary Government (Grenada) South Yemen Azerbaijan People's Government Republic of Mahabad Provisional Democratic Government Southern Resistance Committee of Viet Minh Tangerang Republic Communist-controlled China Peoples Republic of China (Until 1961) Second East Turkestan Republic Provisional People's Committee of North Korea People's Republic of Korea Government of Mosaddegh Non-state actors: Viet Cong Viet Minh Pathet Lao Indochinese Communist Party Tudeh Military Network Communist Party of Burma Communist Party of Thailand Communist Party of Vietnam EAM ELAS National Civil Guard OPLA Students Band "Lord Byron" Communist Party of Greece Socialist Party of Greece Agrarian Party of Greece Union of People's Democracy United Panhellenic Organisation of Youth (EPON) Workers' National Liberation Front (ΕΕΑΜ) National Solidarity (EA) Greek People's Liberation Army Organization for the Protection of the People's Fighters (OPLA) Slavic-Macedonian National Liberation Front Various Local and Grassroot ΕΑΜ committees Democratic Army People's Civil Guard (Greece) Democratic Bloc (Poland) Polish Workers' Party People’s Party Alliance of Democrats Pro Democratic Bloc Independents Polish United Workers' Party Partisans Puławians Natolinians Hardliners Partisans Internal Security Corps ORMO Citizens' Militia ZOMO Sarandoy Defense of the Revolution Fidayan-i Islam (Afghanistan) Pader Watan People's National Party (Jamaica) Royal Indian Navy mutineers Royal Indian Air Force mutineers Police mutineers Civilian agitators Royal Indian Army Service Corps interlopers Communist Party of India Congress Socialist Party Azerbaijani Democratic Party Azerbaijani militias Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan Kurdish Tribes Vanguard Youth Southern Provisional Administrative Committee Vietnam People's Army Pro-Viet Minh Bình Xuyên Tebhaga movement Punnapra and Vayalar Laborers Rebels Telangana peasant rebels Andhra Mahasabha People's Democratic Front (Indonesia) PKI (Musso) PS PBI SOBSI Pesindo Chinese Communist Party (Until 1961) Pro-Communist-controlled China Militias Revolutionary Left Party Teachers' Confederation (Bolivia) Trade Union Confederation of Bolivian Workers UMSA students (1946) African Mine Workers' Union African National Congress Communist Party of South Africa Communist Party of Korea National Council of Korean Labour Unions Korean National Youth Association Northwest Youth League Communist Party USA Japan Motion Picture and Theatrical Worker's Union (1946) Sanbetsu (1946) Japanese Communist Party Communist Party of Australia Liberal Party Febrerista Revolutionary Concentration Paraguayan Communist Party February 1 General Strikers Workers' Party of South Korea 14th South Korea regiment Mutineers Democratic Action (Venezuela) Renovating Action Party - Communist Faction 1948 Queensland railway strikers Teodoro Picado Michalski Cabinet People's Vanguard Party (Costa Rica) Calderon forces Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Social Democracy Party (pro-communist factions) National Party (Syria) Santal peasants rebels Peoples Committees of the People's Republic of Korea Colombian Liberal Party Various paramilitary groups Colombian Communist Party Paramilitary groups Grupos de Autodefensas Campesinas others French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) French Communist Party Italian Communist Party United Issarak Front Polish People's Party "Nowe Wyzwolenie" Italian Socialist Party Malayan Communist Party Malayan National Liberation Army Indochinese Communist Party Democratic Party of Vietnam Socialist Party of Vietnam Pro-Viet Minh VRL Pro-Viet-Minh Bình Xuyên Buddhist Association for National Salvation Catholic Association for National Salvation Pro-Viet Minh Caodaists Dân xã Hòa Hảo Resistance League Pro-Viet Minh protestants Government of Mosaddegh Supporters Australian Labor Party - Pro Communist Factions

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Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and allies

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