The conference at Teheran was where the Big Three reaffirmed their determination to crush Germany and looked for the right military strategies. It led to the agreement that the Soviet and the American-British army’s would come together in defeated Germany along a north-south line and that only Soviet troops would liberate Eastern Europe. At Yalta, the agreement was made that Germany would be divided into zones of occupation and would pay heavy reparations to the Soviet Union. For…
Although the United States and the Soviet Union were both Allies who fought against the Axis power during WWII, they had really tense relationships towards the end of the war. The Cold War was the tension that existed from 1947 to 1991 after WWII between powers in the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. Even though it seemed like an inner conflict between the US and the USSR, Cold War actually affected many other regions of the world, including Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Both countries Germany and Korea were impacted significantly by the Cold War conflicts.…
The conference made many deals and promises amongst each country. Specifically, Joseph Stalin, the Soviet Union leader, urged for a sphere of political influence in Eastern and Central Europe. He also wanted the Polish land they had lost during the Russo-Japanese war (Kent & Stettinius 403). In concern to the USSR, Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States pushed for the Soviet Union to declare war on Japan and to join the United Nations (Leahy 70). In addition, the prime minister Great Britain, Winston Churchill, pushed for free elections and democratic governments in Eastern and Central Europe (The Yalta Conference 3). Lastly, the Soviet Union was given a territorial zone in Germany along with the United States, Great Britain, and France (Again Yalta 199). These agreements made by each country were influenced by the various factors going on with each leader at the time. Roosevelt was dying due to polio and Stalin was a communist ruler, which questions the other two countries choice in including them in the conference.…
Truman wanted democracy in nations that had been under Nazi rule through self-determinationBargaining at PotsdamU.S., UK, USSR, and France all took reparations mainly from their own occupationzones within GermanyU.S. industry boomed during the war…
Another “weapon” used to fight the Cold War was political alliances. The U.S. was allied with France and the U.K. In order to keep these countries from falling to communism, the U.S. lent them money for rebuilding their economy (Doc. A). In addition, the U.S. also made alliances with Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, the Republic of Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and Greece. These democracies formed a treaty called NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) (Doc. D). The U.S. helped several European democracies, especially the U.K. and France, to rebuild their countries after WWⅡ. The democratic alliance, NATO, agreed that if one of them was under attack, then the other countries would help them. But unfortunately, the Soviet Union…
The Cold War took off after the end of the Second World War when the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as the two global dominant superpowers each grasping ideologies that were dichotomous from each other. This adverse relationship continued for half a century and the clash of two distinct and differing political ideologies of communism and capitalism saw no clear conclusion or victory for either side. The tense atmosphere resonated not only in the United States and the Soviet Union, but also around the world and into space. For most of the fifty years of the cold war, the ideological struggle and the many indirect physical conflicts between the West and the Soviet Union were in a deadlock with no visible success of either side. However,…
The city of Berlin was located within the Soviet area of the country, and the Yalta and Potsdam agreements split the city into sectors in which the Soviets took the east half, while the United States if America, Great Britain, and France took the west. With quite the amount of tactics to drive the United States, Britain and France out of Berlin, the Soviets had blockade West Berlin with the purpose of starving them out of the city, but this tactic did not work however. The United States of America, Great Britain, and France supplied their sectors through the Berlin Aircraft, which delivered more than two million tons of food, fuel and goods to West Berlin. With another effort from Berlin such as the one above occurring in 1958, 70,400 refugees fled East Germany, leading to the construction of the Berlin Wall. Within two weeks, the Berlin Wall was built and the conversion between East and West Berlin became strict.…
The cold war was a conflict between the US and the Soviet Union. The conflict was about democray and communism. In the late 1950's the "Red Scare" came upon The US. The "Red Scare," in the US was the fear of being taken over by communists. In the US communism was viewed as treason. One of the causes of the "Red Scare," were the Roseber trial. The Rosenbergs were thought to have given high classified information to the Soviets.Some of effects were internationally, The Iron Curtain,which was an imaginary line separating communist and democratic countries was created. The Berlin Airlift which was the US helping countries with goods that they needed. The were cut off from countries around them that were communistic. The Korean war, which…
After WWII, America and the Soviet Union were the 2 remaining super powers of the world. A rivalry formed between the two and created the Cold War in which both nations tried to be better in any way than the other. This had great effects on the American Society and Foreign Policy.…
The Cold War marked a period in history when the United States and the Soviet Union experienced tension. This tension was highlighted by various events that took place in different areas of the world. The Cold War was given that name because of the relationship that developed mainly between the United States and the Soviet Union, this all started in late 1945. During this time major crises occurred, two of those being the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Berlin Airlift. The Cuban Missile crisis was a thirteen-day confrontation between the United States and Cuba with the Soviet Union on their side. The Berlin Airlift was when Russia started to isolate the territories of Germany under their rule.…
The Cold War was a global, political, and ideological war between the United States and the Soviet Union. There was no direct military contact between the United States and the Soviet Union. The leaders of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union could not agree on a long term solution after World War II, causing the Cold War to start. France…
“That American and Soviet soldiers had first met and grasped hands on April 25, 1945; it was the future of Germany that would test and then break the alliance” (Paxton 416). It did not help that Berlin was divided up and occupied by four different countries three of which supported capitalism and freedom and one that wanted communism. From there the Soviet Union put up the Berlin Wall stopping East Germans from leaving their occupied zone and going into West Berlin. Causing more controversy between the sides. The divided Germany struggled and never really worked. West Germany flourished, but East Germany struggled and caused a major rift with the Soviets. Dividing up Germany only intensified the issue that was already developing and prolonged the…
The event of Cold War was shocking and controversial event which is still being discussed today. It is necessary to examine the many reasons why it started and how. While the why of what happened is still being argued, the what is fairly clear. The beginning of the Cold War was a basis of deep ideological differences as well as a series of misunderstandings or actions taken during WWII. The two immense powers USA and the USSR were showing some extreme behavior against each other. The conflict of Communism vs. Capitalism soon became grew importance.…
The Cold War began over a period of several years following World War II as a result of increasing political and ideological tensions between the USSR and the USA; the weapons used were political and technological, in that many different types of strategies were utilized. Speeches given by world leaders provide evidence of the escalation of tensions between the two countries. The arms race played a major part in the Cold War, but other factors contributed to the struggle for power.…
The Cold War was caused by the United States. The Cold War was a series of battles in Russia during the 1940’s fought between the U.S and Russia. The U.S caused the war because they didn’t share information about the atom bomb with anyone and that scared Russia causing them to go to war with them. Another reason why the U.S caused the war was because they tried to turn the buffer states around Russia to a Democracy and Stalin really opposed that and was very angered. The last reason why the U.S caused the cold war was because they kept on trying to interfere with Russia and they tried to make Russia a democracy by bribing them with money after their economy was declining.…