Overview and Causes
The Cold War was between the United States and the Soviet Union. It started at the end of World War II and finished around the early 1990’s, when the Soviet Union fell. The United States and Soviet Union’s relationship began to unravel because the Soviet Union did not defend the United States during World War II with events like the Battle of Iwo Jima. This also caused the countries to not trust each other.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill met at the Yalta Conference and discussed the surrender of Germany, which was the main priority. Joseph Stalin agreed to fight against the Empire of Japan within 90 days of the fall of Germany. This also lead to the decision that the Nazi war criminals were to be tracked down and subjected to trial.
Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin met at the Potsdam Conference and discussed the control of Nazi Germany after they had surrendered in the second world war and other issues that the three men discussed were in connection with peace treaties, post war order, and countering the effects of war.
Postwar goals of the United States included a free market, capitalism, and the rebuilding of Germany. The postwar goals of the Soviet Union were rebuilding a shattered country, forming new alliances, improving the living conditions of the Soviet Union citizens, and demilitarizing Germany to prevent another war.
A communist country carries characteristics such as a classless society, equality of the people, cooperation, no luxury items, and total government control. A capitalistic society has characteristics such as survival of the fittest, class society, competition, luxury items, and the people have control.
The buffer countries, such as Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Albania, were created to protect the Soviet Union. The Marshall Plan was to contain communism from spreading to other countries. The United States offered economic relief to western Europe including all communist countries. The United States put this policy in action early by offering economic assistance and preventing communism fro spreading after World War II.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill met at the Yalta Conference and discussed the surrender of Germany, which was the main priority. Joseph Stalin agreed to fight against the Empire of Japan within 90 days of the fall of Germany. This also lead to the decision that the Nazi war criminals were to be tracked down and subjected to trial.
Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin met at the Potsdam Conference and discussed the control of Nazi Germany after they had surrendered in the second world war and other issues that the three men discussed were in connection with peace treaties, post war order, and countering the effects of war.
Postwar goals of the United States included a free market, capitalism, and the rebuilding of Germany. The postwar goals of the Soviet Union were rebuilding a shattered country, forming new alliances, improving the living conditions of the Soviet Union citizens, and demilitarizing Germany to prevent another war.
A communist country carries characteristics such as a classless society, equality of the people, cooperation, no luxury items, and total government control. A capitalistic society has characteristics such as survival of the fittest, class society, competition, luxury items, and the people have control.
The buffer countries, such as Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Albania, were created to protect the Soviet Union. The Marshall Plan was to contain communism from spreading to other countries. The United States offered economic relief to western Europe including all communist countries. The United States put this policy in action early by offering economic assistance and preventing communism fro spreading after World War II.