Cold War

Cold war began after World War II. Everybody was pleased that World War II (WW II) ended and people would not be afraid of their lives anymore. However, this idea was not true because Cold war began. This war was nearly worse than WW II because nobody declared this war and this war officially never ended. In fact, everybody realized this war. Cold war was different from previous wars because two superpower countries stood against each other. Both countries had different ideologies, regimes and…

The Cold War was a rivalry that developed after World War II between the U.S., the Allies, and the Soviet Union. It started when the Soviets instilled left-wing governments in the eastern countries of Europe that had been liberated by the Red Army. The Americans and their allies feared that communist rule would influence the Eastern parts of Europe and come to power in democratic countries. During this conflict, the U.S. and the USSR began developing missiles that could reach each continent if…

The Cold War was not really a war, it was really just a disagreement between two of the largest and strongest countries. The Cold War had many disagreements between America and the Soviet Union, mainly communism and capitalism. America was scared of communism spreading and they wanted to stop Russia from spreading communism throughout Europe. America feared Russia, while Russia feared America, so they didn’t want to start a war knowing the defenses and weapons the other country has, such as…

aid Great Britain in the Cold War. Great Britain was trying to generate an alliance against the Soviet Union because they were looking to expand communism, which, Great Britain was trying to put and end to.The United States is to blame for the Cold War because of Arm’s Race and by assembling alliances with capitalist countries.Due to them endangering other countries based on their beliefs and their wanted expansion of communism, the Soviet Union is to blame for the Cold War as well as the U.S.…

At the end of the Second World War, the city of Berlin was divided into the East and West in an attempt to prevent Germany from starting a third World War. However, this solution was not wanted by many countries; it was merely a compromise. Thus came the German Question. No one would give in and agree to unify Germany, especially the United States and the Soviet Union because the Cold War had just begun. The U.S. was afraid that if they gave in then communism would spread. At the time, leader of…

The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred over 13 days (October 16th to 28th, 1962) during the Cold War, the post-WWII state of tension between the West (led by the United States) and the Communist East (led by the USSR). The Cold War was a war of ideologies, fueled by US fear of Communist expansion into the Western hemisphere. The USSR’s alliance with Cuba was seen as a communist ‘invasion’ and met with panic. Since the introduction of nuclear weaponry to the world stage at the end of WWII, the US and…

and stated “Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind” (Kennedy). The Cold War was one of the longest, most poignant periods in United States history. It involved a deep, wide spread fear that Communism would pervade the world and invade the United States, causing a state of political hostility between the Soviet Bloc and the US-led Western powers. It lasted from the late 1940’s until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Cold War was given that name because there…

The Cold War was a period of military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War 2. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was a proud communist whereas American President Harry Truman supported the idea of democracy. The two had completely different ideologies, which made working together rather difficult. The Korean War was a turning point in the Cold War. Stalin and the United States had been supporting the same side for six years during World War 2, but now they were on…

It has become common today to underestimate the clash during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, as there was no actual fighting between these countries. However, the Cold War was a time of strong tension primarily between the United States and the Soviet Union, which affected many countries around the world. During World War II, the USSR and U.S were allies fighting against Hitler and the axis powers. Nevertheless, the political differences between the Soviets and the…

the most responsible for the Cold War because of their aggressive actions in Eastern Europe, the Iron Curtain speech, and the Yalta Conference. The Soviets placed communist governments in Poland, Romania, Hungary, and Bulgaria and they did that because according to George F. Kennan’s Long Telegram, “Russians have insecurity and fear of foreign penetration.” Russia was also freaked out ( so was the rest of the world) by the U.S’s atomic bomb. More causes of the Cold War were the spheres of…