Misunderstandings, And Misconceptions Between The United States And Soviet Union
During World War II the U.S. and the Soviet Union were allies and conclude with a victory for both. Then in a few years time, the allies became enemies and engaged in a military, political ideology, and economic struggle knows as the Cold War. The wartime alliance was one of convenience after Germany broke the non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union by invading the Soviet Union. Then the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. The alliance between the United States and Britain signed a formal partnership and made an informal agreement. The lend …show more content…
After liberating these countries from the Nazis, these territories were occupied by the Soviet Union armed forces converting them into satellite states adding them to the Eastern Bloc. The Eastern Bloc refers to the countries affiliated with the Soviet Union and other former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe. The Soviet controlled the countries in the Eastern Bloc crushing any resistances and rivals were removed from power, tried, and imprisoned. Stalin 's actions in Europe concerned Churchill and perceived that Stalin was unreliable also a threat to Western