President Harry Truman became the 33rd President of the United States on April 12, 1945 after Franklin D. Roosevelt died from a cerebral hemorrhage. Truman, being thrust into a position that carries a lot of weight, was given the power to decide how the U.S. would operate with other countries. Some of Truman’s decisions like fighting against communism by manking the Truman Dcotrine and laying an anti-communism bedrock for foreign policy, trying to stop the expansion of the USSR and Manipulating Russian repartitions from World War II contributed to the start of the Cold War.
Truman is responsible for the Cold War because he directly fought against communism. Truman directly fought against communism during his presidency in many ways like …show more content…
An example of this is when the U.S. provided $400 million in military and economic aid to the Greeks fighting against the Greek Communist Party during the Greek Civil War. Another thing he did to fight against communism that is an example of the Truman Doctrine is send in naval reinforcements to Turkey to assist them when they would not allow Russian shipping flow through the Turkish Straits. Truman also made it so that many of America 's actions regarding foreign policy tried to avoid or fight against any country that was communist while supporting democratic nations.
Another reason Truman caused the Cold War is because he directly fought against …show more content…
These actions were validated because Russia was trying to eventually take control of all of Europe, Stalin was attempting to control of of Germany and take many reparations and gain even more power, and Russia closed off their part of Germany to try to make it so they would have a longer lasting influence in Germany and all of Europe. He also began to get puppet communist leaders elected in many countries to make a buffer zone between Russia and the Democratic European countries. Stalin was a dictator who attempted to take control of many areas and would not treat the people of the places he took over. If Stalin had taken over those areas, he would have eventually been able to take over the rest of Europe and it would eventually lead to a war that actually had many casualties. Stalin also had a system of spies within the US that gave him insight to significant information such as the atomic bomb. Truman also tried to help rebuild a strong, fair German government by reforming it after they had removed most Nazi influence and Russia would not do the same. Russia also tried to block the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany by blocking entry to West Berlin. In response to this, Truman airlifted supplies for the people of West Berlin, and he made certain their would not be a war over the blockade by keeping control of regular and atomic weapons and not giving the
Truman is responsible for the Cold War because he directly fought against communism. Truman directly fought against communism during his presidency in many ways like …show more content…
An example of this is when the U.S. provided $400 million in military and economic aid to the Greeks fighting against the Greek Communist Party during the Greek Civil War. Another thing he did to fight against communism that is an example of the Truman Doctrine is send in naval reinforcements to Turkey to assist them when they would not allow Russian shipping flow through the Turkish Straits. Truman also made it so that many of America 's actions regarding foreign policy tried to avoid or fight against any country that was communist while supporting democratic nations.
Another reason Truman caused the Cold War is because he directly fought against …show more content…
These actions were validated because Russia was trying to eventually take control of all of Europe, Stalin was attempting to control of of Germany and take many reparations and gain even more power, and Russia closed off their part of Germany to try to make it so they would have a longer lasting influence in Germany and all of Europe. He also began to get puppet communist leaders elected in many countries to make a buffer zone between Russia and the Democratic European countries. Stalin was a dictator who attempted to take control of many areas and would not treat the people of the places he took over. If Stalin had taken over those areas, he would have eventually been able to take over the rest of Europe and it would eventually lead to a war that actually had many casualties. Stalin also had a system of spies within the US that gave him insight to significant information such as the atomic bomb. Truman also tried to help rebuild a strong, fair German government by reforming it after they had removed most Nazi influence and Russia would not do the same. Russia also tried to block the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany by blocking entry to West Berlin. In response to this, Truman airlifted supplies for the people of West Berlin, and he made certain their would not be a war over the blockade by keeping control of regular and atomic weapons and not giving the