Cold War Vs Ww2

“A cloud hides the sky, and nuclear shadow falls across the human future. Midway through the Twentieth century, two superpowers prepare for a conflict which might have ended life on the planet.” The Cold War was a battle powered by fear that lasted for nearly half a century, but it all started with WWII. The Soviet Union’s communist world view was dramatically different from the U.S.capitalist worldview. Ironically, in WWII the two diametrically opposed nations came together to achieve the goal of defeating Nazi Germany. The only thing that was holding the two nations together was fear that the world was later going to be taken over by an authoritarian leader, Hitler. The Soviet’s were key to stopping Hitler but made unimaginable sacrifices

The Soviets were taking major steps to finally end, or maybe even begin this international crisis. The construction of the missile cites were so rapid, that it posed a great threat to U.S. security. Only a few days later did the U.S. confirm that the missiles were nuclear. They were placed within a ninety mile radius from the U.S. shore which made it impossible to intercept a missile with the given time, and defence systems. President Kennedy had very critical decisions to make, regarding whether or not the U.S. had to take further military actions to prevent the two nations from going into war. On October 23rd, nine days after the discovery of the missiles, President Kennedy established a blockade around Cuba, which only allowed ships that did not carry military supplies to reach the shore. The Soviet ships bringing missiles to Cuba diverted, preventing further damage to the U.S. soil. Although this could have been the end of the whole crisis, the Soviets still had multiple missiles that were ready to be fired. The situation was rapidly getting worse to a point where President Kennedy had to raise the defensive alert to Defensive Condition Two and they prepared to send out their airstrikes. However, even though the situation had worsen to a point where war seemed inevitable, both leaders deeply trusted each other to not push all the way to an extent in which war broke out. There were two people who played a crucial role in ending this Cuban Crisis. President Kennedy’s brother Robert Kennedy, and Moscow’s ambassador, Anatoly Dobrynin. Dobrynin had been ambassador to six Cold War Presidents, and had been trusted dearly which is said to be the main reasons why he was able to negotiate the final deal. The deal was that the Soviet’s would take the missiles out of Cuba if and only if, the U.S. did not invade Cuba, and took