United States, but in reality there was never really any documented fighting between the

two nations, thus spawning the catch phrase "Cold War." Even though both countries

were ready to go to war at the blink of an eye and almost did, the powers-that-be never

got the nerve to authorize a nuclear war that would have made World War II look like

child's play. This was a war fought in the political ring, and was also a war that did not

start at the end of World War II, this war started during the war against Hitler and lasted

for forty more years before peace became predominant over the crumbling Soviet Union.

Many events occurred in this political heavyweight bout, and both sides can be blamed

for the extremity the tensions escalated to, and this Cold War would have been tough to

avoid taking into account the political beliefs of the countries at hand.

During the war, once the Allied powers from the west joined forces with Stalin's

Red Army, trouble was inevitable. Luckily for the world, America had a great leader and

foreign diplomat in Franklin D. Roosevelt while England countered with Winston

an area that the Soviets had suffered many casualties and other losses to free from facist

to think for themselves in Russia, and if a Russian decided to speak out or question

National Security Council in 1950, a relatively new organization set up to create a

Poland. The Polish would not want to suffer those horrendous acts of oppression, and if

Germany, yet another major Eastern European conflict. This was more Russia's fault for

ultimatum from the United States about an unconditional surrender before they will

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