Which country was more to blame for the beginning of the cold war the soviet union or the US?

Answer 1

It "might" be an even split; but let's look at the particulars:

1. Both the US/allies & USSR raced for Berlin in 1945, both got there and divided Berlin and Germany into two separate nations, East and West Germany (and East and West Berlin). But, the USSR put up the Berlin Wall...not the US.

2. Both the US/allies & USSR raced into Japan in 1945, both got there, but this time the US was abit more experienced in dealing with the Soviets (Russians) and only let them take Northern Korea and portions of some of northern Japan; Japan and it's capital were not divided up like Germany was.

3. Both the US/allies & USSR were in Korea in 1945, and both nations agreed to a division of Korea at the 38th Parallel. Then 5 years later, Stalin equips the North Koreans with T34 tanks, aircraft, artillery, small arms, ammo, fuel, and goads them into invading South Korea in 1950. That same year Communist China enters the fray because the US/allies push to close to their borders and the Red Chinese didn't know if the US/allies were going to stop at their border or...invade Red China! So the Communist Chinese counter-attack immediately. When Stalin dies in 1953...the Korean War also ends.

So what do we have? The Soviets were taking territory, putting up walls, invading foreign countries (South Korea)...and the US was NOT. The US was seemingly always on the defense, while the communists were (seemingly) always on the offense. They even actually won a war against the free world...they physically drove their T54 tanks into a free country and took it over on 30 April 1975. The US couldn't afford to stop it; the price the US paid in blood had already been paid...and the US didn't want to pay anymore.

Answer 2

Nuclear weapons created the cold war. If nukes didn't exist, the US and the USSR would have fought a normal conventional war against each other.