Why The Cold War Was Not Really War
The cold war was something that grew out from the breakdown of the western-soviet coalition against Hitler's Germany and the countries allies during WWII. In 1946 Sir Winston Churchill gave an address on foreign affairs at Westminster College. In it he said: "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent [of Europe]." These words marked the beginning of the Cold War. Churchill's words referred to the fact that the Soviet Union, from 1945 to 1948, strengthened its hold on Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany. A major turning point in the Cold War was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (N.A.T.O.) which united many countries to have the power to discourage the Soviet Union from attempting direct assault on Western Europe. The first countries that joined N.A.T.O. on April 4, 1949 were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Norway, and the United States. After that turning point a whole new situation arose in the cold war. The communists were winning a civil war in Greece and at the same time were applying pressure on Turkey in 1947. By the Soviets doing this it caused
willingness to compromise their goals but the United States was mistrustful of the Soviet intentions. This mistrust put communism in the spotlight. seriously reduced. On Nov. 9, 1989, East German authorities allowed the opening of the Berlin Wall. The destruction of large sections of the wall signaled the end of the Cold War. The Warsaw Pact voted itself out of existence on July 1, 1991. establishment of the C.I.A. to research Communist activities in foreign nations. Paranoia also fueled the arms race that brought the advent of the H-bomb, the development of ICBM's with nuclear capability, and the escalation of the space program race. When Stalin finally died in 1953, the Soviet Union showed some economy in deep trouble, it was no longer possible to keep up with the Americans. In 1955 the Soviet Union wanted to establish a strong defense alliance against any potential threats from the West. They also wanted to strengthen the hold of the Soviet Union over Eastern Europe. One means of maintaining such control was the stationing of Soviet troops and weaponry there. The Warsaw Pact was similar to NATO but for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. The full title is Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance. The treaty was s
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