Wanted to avoid "mutually assured destruction."
Because America would be destroyed by the USSR!
USSR was an ally with the west, in fact Hitler invaded the USSR.
they were against the USSR. So, when the USSR was with Germany, then Finland was on its own, then when the USSR was against Germany, Finland allied with Germany. Then when Finland surrendered to the USSR for a second time, Finland had to declare war on Germany.
Because it's Nazi Germany did invaded USSR.
What is always mentioned is that Hitler ordered the German Army to invade Poland and England had a defense treaty with Poland. What is never mentioned is that Communist USSR (Russia) also invaded Poland from the East at about the same time and France and England did not declare war upon the USSR.
The first three republics to leave the USSR and declare independence were Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Lithuania was the first to declare independence on March 11, 1990, followed by Latvia on May 4, 1990, and Estonia on August 20, 1991. These declarations were significant steps in the dissolution of the Soviet Union, which officially ended later that year in December.
Germany from the west and USSR from the east.
to bomb America from space (so that it looked like USSR attacked them) and then declare war on USSR without the UN approval and that's how the cold war started
UK was allied USSR.
Richard Nixon was the one who attested that he was not a crook.
Richard Nixon was the one who attested that he was not crook.
The easing of tensions between the west and USSR.