Analyse the role of Germany in the origin and development of the Cold War (1945 - 1979).

Authors Avatar

Analyse the role of Germany in the origin and development of the Cold War (1945 – 1979)”

        The Cold War started in 1945 and it was between the USSR (Eastern Europe) and the USA (Western Europe). However it involved other countries as well, and one of them, probably the most involved, was Germany.

        Some years before the Cold War, Germany was responsible for suspicions between USA and the USSR. In 1939 they signed the Nazi-soviet pact, and this created great suspicion in the USA. Later, in 1945 they had become allies to fight Hitler. However, during the second world war, when Russia wanted to create a second front and the USA delayed this for three years Russians thought they had delayed it because they wanted Germany to win, so it was mostly around Germany that tensions between both countries started building up.

Join now!

        In February 1945, when WW2 had almost finished the Yalta Conference was held and there it was decided that Germany was to be divided into four zones and Berlin would be as well. It seemed like a very good solution, however this caused many problems as time went on. There started to be argues about the future government of Germany, USA, France and Britain wanted elections to be held, but the communist were not in favor of this decision. Then, they had agreed that eastern Germany (EG) would send agricultural supplies to Western Germany (WG) and WG would send ...

This is a preview of the whole essay