The Cold War was an icy rivalry that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II. This rivalry first developed because the two conflicting nations had different ideas of successful economies. The United States believed that capitalism, in which private owners control trade and industry was more efficient than Communism, in which the state or government control trade and industry. In addition, many of the events that occurred at The Yalta Conference played a significant role in the cause of this era of competition that lasted from 1947 to 1991. At Yalta, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed that Poland’s government would include members of the pre-war Polish government and that free elections would be held
The Yalta Conference dealt with four problems. The first one was the status of Poland. Roosevelt and Churchill agreed that Poland should be able to choose its own government. The Polish leader who left Warsaw when Germany invaded demanded that pre-war anti-Russia and anti-communist government was seen as the real Polish government. Stain, who had set up his own little government before Yalta had no intention of giving the power back to the Polish leaders who had left Warsaw.
As the Japanese forces were considered the aggressors of the conflict by the Allies and Japanese veterans alike, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was justified. Their aggression previous to the bombing was demonstrated through the attack on Pearl Harbour, which led to America’s involvement in World War II. The attack was not one born out of vengeance and was not strategically logical, whereas there was a reason behind the bombing of Hiroshima, that reason being that the Japanese military would not agree to the clauses presented in the Potsdam Declaration. This declaration was given to the military officials as an invitation to surrender before the first bombing, providing ample time for them to make a decision to hopefully end the
Instantly following the end of the Second World War, the fears of the American people rapidly began accumulating as the mistrust between, the United States and the Soviet Union intensified. During World War II, tension between the two world powers began to emerge through ideological differences such as political beliefs and contrasting views regarding the future of Poland that took place at both the Yalta conference and Potsdam. This lasting skepticism only increased as the Soviets started to become more advanced through nuclear weapons and developments in space technology. Despite Eisenhower’s acknowledgment of these widespread fears, he was not particularly successful in addressing them. The American people lived in constant fear of the spread
So in an attempt to avoid future conflict of the same scale, the Allies allowed the Central Powers no participation in the treaty’s negotiations, stripped Germany of many of its territories, blamed it for the war, and imposed substantial reparation payments. However, although the Allies were hopeful that these measures would ensure peace in the future, the Versailles Treaty has been cited as a
Tensions between the United States and Soviet Union began as both of them wanted to
Tensions were very high between the Soviet Union and America at the end of WWII, and would only continue to escalate. America and the USSR rarely agreed and during WWII they were only able to work together because of the common enemy of Germany. At this point in time the USSR was communist and expanding their hold on land around them. At the Yalta conference in 1945, America and Great Britain agreed to give the Soviet Union control over Poland and Ukraine, and in return the Soviets agreed to use free elections in those countries. The Soviets went back on their word and ruled with communism.
The Central Powers, which contained Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria, surrendered, leading to the end of World War 1 by 1918. In 1919, France, Italy, the US, and Great Britain meet to discuss peace terms. Document 2 discusses this by saying, “I want to save the whole world from repetitions of such disasters as the world experienced during the last 4 years. … I am for a severe punishment for Germany, but just one.” This document discusses a punishment for Germany that led to the Treaty of Versailles.
During the Cold War era of 1946-1991, all the United States and the
Despite differing forms of politics, the Allies in World War II shared common goals—to end the war in victory and to secure peace. To achieve these aims, the Grand Alliance, which consisted of the U.S., Great Britain, and the Soviet Union, held several conferences; one such conference resulted in the Atlantic Charter. The Atlantic Charter was a joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Roosevelt and Churchill met in 1941 to discuss their respective war aims for the World War II and to outline a postwar international system. The Charter they drafted argued for the liberalization of international trade, established international labor, economic, and welfare standards, and
It was constructed under the control of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and East German leader Walter Ulbricht. After World War II ended, the victorious Allies, the United States, the Soviet Union, France, and Great Britain, held the Potsdam and Yalta conference. All four countries came to agreement to divide the control of Germany, with Berlin as the capital city.
On August 23, 1939 ,months before World War II broke out in Europe, Germany and the Soviet Union decided to sign the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact surprising everyone. Joseph Stalin wanted to sign this treaty mainly because he wanted peace and he did not want to be an enemy of Adolf Hitler, but Hitler had other ideas he signed the treaty because he wanted to invade Poland, and with the help of the Soviet Union everything was going to be easier. His initial plan was to use The Soviet Union and then take care of Britain and France. The terms that were supposed to be followed by Germany and the Soviet Union were: • The two countries agreed not to attack each other, either independently or in conjunction with other powers.
In 1814-1815, the Great Powers convened in Vienna to discuss the ideas of and the notion of a balance of power in international relations. Due to the location of the meetings, firstly it was called the Congress of Vienna and later the name was replaced be the Concert of Europe. The main goal
Starting in 1945 the United States and other strong capitalists countries formed NATO. This treaty of Western country made coordination of foreign policy against the countries in the Warsaw pact easier. The US was also apart of CENTO (Central Treaty Organization) and SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization), theses were both to stop the spread of communism. With all of these countries under the United State’s influence made any regime change bring that down. The first instance was in Cuba when communist came to power and a full nuclear exchange between the superpowers was close.
The Soviet Union requested substantial reparations from Germany, but the United States recalled the reason that World War II started was because of post World War I reparations. In March and April 1947, the United States, British, French, and Soviet officials met in Moscow to arrange Germany’s future, but failed. After the conference, the Western Allies unified their German occupation zones to create West Germany. In response to this, Soviets built the Berlin Blockade, cutting off railways, highways, and waterways into West Berlin. To counteract this, the United States airlifted food and supplies to the residents, until Soviets finally realized their blockade was not achieving their goals, and tore it down in May 1949.