To what extent did the events of 1945-1946 turn war-time allies into Cold War enemies? During the Second World War‚ the United States and Russia had been allied in order to defeat Nazi Germany. However‚ following the end of the war and the victory over Germany‚ relations between America and the Soviet Union began to decline‚ culminating in the Cold War. Whilst the orthodox view of the Cold War‚ as held by historians such as Thomas Bailey‚ is that Stalin and the USSR were responsible for the start
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The conclusion of WWII didn’t mark the termination of wars and conflicts in a global perspective; as a result‚ Australia’s involvement in wars had perpetuated through various foreign conflicts and confrontation. From 1945 to mid 1970s‚ Australia’s perception of aid and support towards copious world powers‚ namely US and UK had resulted in our involvement in pivotal Asian conflicts from the northern sector to the Pacific war. However‚ was the driving force behind Australia’s military participation
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“Who was more to blame for the origins and development of the Cold War in Europe: Stalin or Truman?” The cold war was a period of intense antagonism between the two superpowers- the United States and the Soviet Union‚ lasting from 1945-1991. Both leaders‚ Stalin and Truman‚ had a huge role to play in the cold war‚ but ultimately‚ it was Stalin who was more to blame for the origins and development of the cold war in Europe. Stalin’s foreign policy tended to be expansionist‚ as can be seen
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The Cold War was a time of political and military tension between United States and the Soviet Union. The cold war wasn’t any normal war‚ there was no mass killings‚ no tanks or fighter jets‚ there wasn’t even any ground units. What there was though was a lot of nuclear weapons and money being spent on propaganda such as; newspapers‚ magazines and radio. They were spending money as if an actual war was going on. And even though there wasn’t any real physical war going on there were two great superpowers
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sanctions across the globe‚ exhausting all powers of social‚ military‚ and economic influence to further develop democratic policies. In 1945‚ one large-scale war was concluded and another one had just begun. Even though there was not a direct military campaign between two key adversaries‚ the Cold War continued roughly for about 45 long years. It was named Cold because no actual fighting took place‚ but both the U.S. and USSR were bulking up their militaries‚ as if they had both been infiltrated
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ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR In the middle of 20th century‚ mankind suffered one of the biggest tragedies in its history. The Second World War brought devastation all over the world with almost every country in the world participating in it. Toward its end everybody hoped that this would never happen again and that the political firmament in the following years would be more stable than any time in history. The leaders of the Great Powers met at Yalta‚ in February‚ 1945 to achieve peace. But
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Topic: The Cold War Research Question: The fall of the mutually friendly American Soviet relations was most significantly caused by the Soviet Union expanding it borders‚ violating its allied agreements‚ and imposing communist governments on its neighboring nations. Command Term: Analyze and Explain Dates: 1945-1990 Locales: Eastern/Western Europe Events: The end of world war two and the conferences during and following including Yalta‚Potsdam and Tehran. Also informations and influence of
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The Cold War is a prolonged state of tension and hostility held between the two major powers‚ namely the Soviets and the Americans after post-world war-two period. The term "turning point" implies that the Berlin blockade caused a turn of events and instigated the outbreak of the Cold War. Therefore‚ the statement made is only accurate to the extent that the Berlin Blockade was the direct factor regarding the outbreak of Cold War‚ yet it was not the only factor that sparked it off. Rather‚ it was
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The Cold War was a “global; power struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from 1945 to 1991” (textbook page 511). In 1945 the United States and the Soviet Union defeated Germany in World War Two. After the war was over‚ both wanted to be the leader of the world. The two countries remained allies with each other until communism began to spread in Europe. The spread of communism caused Americans to fear communism which lead to problems that affected the United States domestic
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The Cold War was a shocking and controversial event‚ which is still being discussed today. It is necessary to search the many reasons why it started and how. While the ’why’ or ‘what happened’ is still being argued out over time the ’what’ is very clear. One of the main reasons of the Cold War was that there were huge differences in the way that the East and West were led and as many know disagreements usually lead to conflict. The Truman Doctrine of 1947 is believed to be the start of the Cold
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