The reason of the Cold War
After the Second World War from 1940 till 1945 was Germany the country that was split up in 4 parts. France, Britten, and American part in the west of Germany were one region and the Soviet Union had the east of Germany under his power. The Soviet Union made of Germany a communism part but the west became a democracy. This is also the reason of the Cold War. The American were afraid for a communism spread in the world. The Russian felt an aversion of the capitalism and they were afraid of an attack from the Americans. The Russian knew that the American had some nuclear weapons. The Americans didn’t want to share their knowledge about the nuclear weapons and this was a reason to distrust the Americans.
The good relation with the American and the Soviet Union during the World War II was just a short time, the only common that they had in this period was their enemy the Nazi Germany. But after the war and the time that Germany was split up in different parts the countries made up agreements with each other. But this was for a short time; these countries didn’t trust each other.
In this period of the Cold War there was never direct conflict between the both countries. With a war between these both strong countries would be a disaster, but it didn’t stop them to put their influence in other parts of the world. Like the war in Vietnam is a good example of a war between these countries, the American helped the anti-communism in the south of Vietnam and while the Soviet Union his weapons exported to China. And in Afghanistan the Americans helped the Afghan rebels in their fight against the Soviet Union.
Also the agreements that the countries made about the East-Europe that they must get free elections in all liberated areas where failed by the Soviet Union. This all made the war between the Americans against the Soviet Union without fights in both