Relationship Between The United States And The Soviet Union

Even before the end of World War II, the Americans and the Soviet Union were not on good terms. When President Truman came into office, he wanted to improve America’s relationship with the Soviet Union, but it didn’t look hopeful because there were bound to be conflicts between the world's’ two most powerful nations. In 1922, when the formation of the USSR began, the United States refused to recognize them until 1933. This angered the Soviets and this was just the start of the United States’ ongoing conflicts with the Soviet Union. The competition between the two countries escalated as the discovery of atomic weapons arose and the German territory became occupied. The atomic race was a major competition that pitted the skills of the Americans