Most people would agree that the US choosing to keep atomic energy and the development of the atomic bomb a secret from Joseph Stalin in 1940-1945 was the event that began the Cold War. The Cold War was really nothing more than the US and the USSR trying to reach a "balance of terror," or a point where each country was sure that the other would not attack them for fear of the reprimanding attack. It began when Roosevelt bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Stalin saw that the US had highly superior weapons, and was afraid they would use them againt the USSR, and so he began developing nuclear weapons of his own.
cold war event surprised the United States in 1949?
Which event at the conclusion of World War 2 initiated the Cold War?Read more: Which_event_at_the_conclusion_of_World_War_2_initiated_the_Cold_War
coke can was invented
It was the breakup of the Soviet Union.
cold war
The first national event to be covered on a radio station was the WWJ (8MK) in Detroit.
The Korean war was the first hot war in the cold war.
Which event is an example of the Cold War becoming hot?
cold war event surprised the United States in 1949?
Which event at the conclusion of World War 2 initiated the Cold War?Read more: Which_event_at_the_conclusion_of_World_War_2_initiated_the_Cold_War
No one single event started the end of the Cold War. Rather it was a series of factors that combined.
The first war event was Mobius.
end of the cold war
No... The Holocaust ended before the era called the Cold War began.
Two different topics/questions here; "Local Struggle..." and "Major event of the cold war..." 1. The VN War wasn't a local struggle. It involved the world powers and potential atomic war. 2. Any SHOOTING war during the cold war was a major event.
The opening of the Berlin Wall is felt by most people to be the end of the Cold War.
Atomic weapons.