Stalin's Role In The Cold War
Was it the acts of Truman and Churchill rather than that of Stalin that brought the cold war to a start?
Throughout the whole cold war, there were never really trust between the western allies and the Soviet Union, even when they were working together to put the Nazi movement to an end. This mistrust started way back in 1917 when the united states were refusing the Bolshevik government. The acts of Truman and Churchill were a major part of the beginning of the cold war for many reasons; however the cold war was always down to both sides
Soviet Russia and the United States were so called ‘’allies’’ however due to the difference and hatred of one another’s governing systems the cold war began to evolve. Both countries knew that getting …show more content…
The result of this conference was a promise made by Stalin that the eastern European countries would be allowed to choose their own postwar government. Stalin later on broke that promise and that put a major line of distrust between the United States and soviet Russia. That seemed like the last straw and so the cold war began.
As the cold war was getting started, both the United States and Soviet Russia had different opinions on what would happen to Germany. The US and the UK wanted to rebuild its industry while the USSR wanted to destroy Germany. The congress voted that the Marshall Aid plan should be introduced; Stalin disagreed and instead blocked all the roads leading to berlin as he saw this as an attempt to undermine Soviet Russia’s influence in Eastern Europe.
Although Soviet Russia and Stalin were the main cause of the start of the cold war, The United States was not innocent at all. Truman declared that he had an atomic bomb and declares his active role in the Greek civil war. America dropped two atomic bombs in japan and tested an underwater explosion. Many saw this as The United States attempt to threat Soviet Russia however after all Stalin played the biggest role in the beginning of the cold
Throughout the whole cold war, there were never really trust between the western allies and the Soviet Union, even when they were working together to put the Nazi movement to an end. This mistrust started way back in 1917 when the united states were refusing the Bolshevik government. The acts of Truman and Churchill were a major part of the beginning of the cold war for many reasons; however the cold war was always down to both sides
Soviet Russia and the United States were so called ‘’allies’’ however due to the difference and hatred of one another’s governing systems the cold war began to evolve. Both countries knew that getting …show more content…
The result of this conference was a promise made by Stalin that the eastern European countries would be allowed to choose their own postwar government. Stalin later on broke that promise and that put a major line of distrust between the United States and soviet Russia. That seemed like the last straw and so the cold war began.
As the cold war was getting started, both the United States and Soviet Russia had different opinions on what would happen to Germany. The US and the UK wanted to rebuild its industry while the USSR wanted to destroy Germany. The congress voted that the Marshall Aid plan should be introduced; Stalin disagreed and instead blocked all the roads leading to berlin as he saw this as an attempt to undermine Soviet Russia’s influence in Eastern Europe.
Although Soviet Russia and Stalin were the main cause of the start of the cold war, The United States was not innocent at all. Truman declared that he had an atomic bomb and declares his active role in the Greek civil war. America dropped two atomic bombs in japan and tested an underwater explosion. Many saw this as The United States attempt to threat Soviet Russia however after all Stalin played the biggest role in the beginning of the cold