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While there is no single event that triggered the cold war to take place there was a world climate that incubated it with alarming speed.
The largest factor was that Russia and the US were both the two largest nations at that time with two very different set of allies.
The US was supporting Mao's movement in China to become the center of communism in the world while at the same time attacking Sovietism via McCarthyism out of paranoia of a Soviet attack.
At the same time Russia was supporting Communist growth in Latin America and Africa which the US deemed to their control over international relations in the Western Hemisphere.
Throw in the US refusing to share nuclear tech with Russia and Russia refusing to aid the US in assisting the development of third world nations, top it off with the US openly purchasing Russian government agencies and relocating them to the US and you have one really big political disaster.
Your question should have been "What cause the Cold War to never develop into a real war?" That would have been more specific: mutually assured destruction.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoAfter World War 2 the Allies were disappointed with the Soviet Union for its form of government (communism). Soviet Union were scared of the U.S. because the nuclear weapons the United States could build.
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∙ 12y agoafter the war the Americans and the Russians were both eagerly interested in the intercontinental missiles Germany had developed towards the end of world war 2. the Russians kidnapped German scientists and told them to make one where as the American paid the leader of the scientists to make them one. the race for the weapon to reach anywhere in the world was on.
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∙ 14y agoThe end of world war two lead to the start of the cold war because Russia (USSR) wanted to invade other countries in the east and was creating nuclear weapons which were being aimed at America (USA).
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∙ 11y agoThe U.S. dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki without notifying their ally, the USSR, first. The USSR was angered by this. The U.S. and the USSR "fought" for influence over Europe because they remained the 2 superpowers after World War 2. The USSR was trying to spread communism while the U.S. was trying to spread nationalism and stop the spread of communism.
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The US became the sole world super power following?
the end of the Cold War.
What was the reasons for the end of the cold war?
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was the reason for the end of the Cold War.
Which country dropped the atomic bomb in the cold war?
No nation dropped an atomic weapon during the cold war. The cold war is not the same as World War 2. Two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan by the US at the end of World War 2. The cold war is called 'cold' because it was not an actual armed conflict. It was a period marked by a conflict of ideologies, propaganda and fear.
What was the end of the cold war like?
it was cold
When was the official end of cold War?
The ending of the cold war was in 1991
How the end of the World War2 brought about the cold war?
Atomic bombs created the cold war.
What is the name of the period of world history that began at the end of world war ii?
The 'Cold' war .
What happened from the end of world war 2 through the 1960?
Cold War
What did churchill say at ther end of world war 2?
That a cold war had begun
What events lead to the end of World War 1?
please may you answer it please
What brought Cold War to an end?
There are several factors that lead to the end of the Cold War. These include the weakness of USSR's economy, 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, rivalry between the US & USSR and lastly, US's containment Policy.
What was Britain's contribution to participating in and ending the Cold War?
WW2 was the end of British dominance in the world. The US became the world's most powerful force during and after WW2. Britain has generally followed the US's lead.
War that resulted emergence of the USas a world power?
The end of the Soviet Union and the Cold War in 1990.
Did the end of world war 11 increase or decrease tension of US or USSR?
See: COLD WAR
Which century was the Cold War?
{| |- | The Cold War was at the end of the 20th Century. It began shortly after the end of World War 2 and lasted until the early 1990's. During that time the threat of nuclear war was fairly high. |}
The US became the sole world super power following?
the end of the Cold War.
What was the reasons for the end of the cold war?
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was the reason for the end of the Cold War.
