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At the coming end of the Second World War, there was much distrust between the United States and the Soviet Union. Throughout most of WWII, the U.S. and the Soviet Union had made an alliance. The foundation of this alliance relied on a common goal of each country: to defeat the Germans. (This was decided in1943 at the Tehran Conference that consisted of Great Britain, France, the U.S., and the Soviet Union). However, once the war was over and the German nation was contained, many new conflicts between the two main victors of the war had begun to start. The common bond that had once held the two countries together was gone, and they steadily began to grow apart due to differing political views. The differing political views and the fight for the best post WWII position, between the U.S. and Soviet Union (who were the new world super powers), would later lead to what is known as the Cold War. This long lasting war will eventually lead to "indirect fighting" in Korea and Berlin, as well as many threats, distrust, and scary moments for every U.S. and Soviet citizen. One of the goals of post war United States was to create a new world order that would require the least possible U.S. international intervention. However, with
the new threats of a global communist revolution in Europe by the Soviet Union, that would be hard to accomplish. Under Joseph Stalin and the Red Army, the Soviets would set out to try and ensure diplomatic and political domination all throughout the Soviet Union and it's surrounding countries. Some of the first examples of this were shown in 1943-1945, when the Soviets made deals with Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Yugoslavia, that essentially made diplomatic agreements making the Soviet Union their new international leader. These few events marked the beginning of Soviet and communist expansionism throughout Europe. With this new policy of containment in affect, many European countries were receiving great deals of economic aid from the U.S. This brought on a swift reaction from the Soviet Union, as they created three new plans. With these new plans the Soviet would try and increase Soviet communism and to eliminate power from the remaining weak non-communist countries in Europe, even if force was necessary. To further complicate the problems in Europe, the Soviet Union had emerged from the war with the second biggest military in the world (the U.S., had the biggest). This was particularly bad, because at the time the victory of the war had given the Soviet leaders, backed by the red army, enormous influence around the world. This also created ideal conditions for Soviet expansion into Europe, and if it weren't for the U.S. they probably would have taken advantage of their position. The United States seemed to be one of the only restraints that prohibited the Soviets from following through with Stalin's plans for expansion. The Americans had successfully created a very powerful and destructive atomic bomb. The intimidation factor that was created by the United States possession of this bomb was very respected by the Stalin and the Soviets. Naturally, the Soviets, in hopes to restore the unequal balance of power that the bomb had created, set out to try and create a nuclear bomb themselves. When the Soviets had successfully detonated an atomic bomb, the U.S. was shocked. Not only did they create a bomb way before we expected them too, but this also meant that they possessed a weapon that could wipe out our entire country at the push of a button. This is where the term McCarthyism was made, because McArthur believed that there were Soviet spies on U.S. soil. This event added tension to an already large problem, and it also showed that at any time either country could push a button and a nuclear war would start. At the end of the war, in
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Approximate Word count = 1741
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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