The Causes and Development of the Cold War 1945 - 1990

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James Davies Year 10 

The Causes and Development of the Cold War 1945 – 1990

The Cold War was not like any war that had occurred before hand.  It started from 1945 and went on for nearly half a century.  The reason why this war was so special was the fact that it was not fought with weapons or armies but it was a war of words.  It was more like a test of nerve, who could scare the other the most?  There was a huge threat of a nuclear war between Russia and the west.  It was not very active but the threat was still there.  The cold War gets its name because of the cruel relations between the two sides; it was extremely icy and cruel.

The war all started out because of each nation losing their trust in each other after the Second World War.  Russia had reasons to mistrust the west because Russia had been invaded by Germany inn 1914 and the west joined them to crush communism.  Also Britain and France refused to join alliance with Russia in 1941, this then resulted in Germany invaded Russia. Suspicions were very high that America was keeping secrets from them and they were right.  America had finally invented the A-bomb, now they had this Russia had no importance to the United States whatsoever.

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But at the same time The U S were had their own suspicions of Russia as well.  After the Second World War all the armies had removed their troops from Eastern Europe, but Russia still kept theirs there.  The U S knew Stalin was up to something, and he was!  Stalin took over all of the countries surrounding the Soviet Union.  America was not happy about this at all.  But Stalin promised that he would hold free elections in these countries and to not force communism upon them.  He lied!  He knew that the only way the west could ...

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