The major global conflict resulting from the ideological divide between capitalism and communism was the Cold War, which lasted from the end of World War II until the early 1990s. This geopolitical tension was characterized by a struggle for influence between the capitalist United States and its allies, and the communist Soviet Union and its satellite states. The conflict manifested in various forms, including military confrontations, proxy wars, political propaganda, and economic competition. It led to significant events like the Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War, as both sides sought to expand their ideologies globally, culminating in the eventual dissolution of the USSR and the end of communism in Eastern Europe.