UNIT 4
who was more to blame for starting the cold war ?The US and the USSR blame each other that they had started the cold War they would appoint issue that they had done to cause the cold war.Who start the cold war was stalin because he wanted to expand his ideology the American response a defensive reaction. As long as Soviet leaders clung to their dream of imposing Communism on the world, the West had no way of ending the conflict. The atomic bomb did help the Cold War grow more tension. USSR political ideology different from America which was unacceptable to the "free democratic" United States.
What were the consequences of the Berlin Blockade ?Stalin did not wanted the western Berlin to be help by the Allies he wanted Germany to be weak so they would not attack by Germany.That Stalin would Block the roads it Western Berlin would be weak and he wanted to solve their problem with the USSR.The main point was that they did not wanted the Germans to recovery of the WWII.The USSR as afraid that Germany could become strong and invade them for betraying them in WWII. The Allies did not give up so they airlift the supplies they were nervous because they thought the USSR would shoot them down that would represent an act of war.The USSR did not shoot the planes they had constante brought them food, clothes and etc for the 10 months. The blockade of Berlin would not make the Western Allies to give up so Stalin had reopened communication.The Berlin blocked did not cause a problem for the western allies they should them that the blockade would not stop them from helping.
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US,Britain and Japan,USSRUS Eagle and USSR BearNuclear missile that they could use for a war if they had done something could be an act of war. |