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the US and the soviets were on opposite sides of the cold war due to many reasons. one reason is that they had different opinions on how governments should be run. the us wanted democracy and the soviets wanted communism. they both tried stopping the other political system from spreading. Germany was also a main reason. the united states wanted to put back west and east Germany. the us wanted to stabilize Germany so that Germany could rebuild its economy and trade with the us. the soviets wanted Germany to stay divided. the soviets wanted this because they were having a lot of problems that were caused by Germany. the soviets felt that if Germany was reunified the could become a threat to them.
The soviets wanted to invade the u.s with nuclear bombs and destroy the place.
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The Berlin Wall came down in 1989. The Soviets collapsed in 1990. Had the Soviets NOT collapsed, there would have been NO Operation Desert Storm in Jan-Feb 1991. The United States would not have conducted such an operation with an intact Soviet Union.
Because they believed the Soviets were going to launch bombers and missiles and destroy the United States.
The United States and the Soviet Union were the two countries on opposite sides during the Cold War. The Cold War ended in 1991.
the US and the soviets were on opposite sides of the cold war due to many reasons. one reason is that they had different opinions on how governments should be run. the us wanted democracy and the soviets wanted communism. they both tried stopping the other political system from spreading. Germany was also a main reason. the united states wanted to put back west and east Germany. the us wanted to stabilize Germany so that Germany could rebuild its economy and trade with the us. the soviets wanted Germany to stay divided. the soviets wanted this because they were having a lot of problems that were caused by Germany. the soviets felt that if Germany was reunified the could become a threat to them.
Egypt played both sides of the Cold War. They allied themselves mostly with the Soviets as their enemy Israel was supported by the US and Britain. They received a great deal of military aid as well as other benefits from the Soviets.
Tangentially. Like many wars that took place during the Cold War, the Americans and the Soviets tended to take sides. While the Americans sat neutral in this particular war, the Soviets lent military and economic aid to the Arab countries.
money
The Soviets did, when they collapsed.
The Soviets were a Communist nation until the "end" of the cold war.
No, they sat on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain.
No, they sat on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain.
then the war would have ceased to be cold.
The soviets and americans were already at war so when the soviets went to space first america tried to beat them there.
The Soviets went bankrupt.