large number of nuclear weapons that had been stockpiled in the republics
It would have indicated or promoted a collapse of the Soviet Union.
Germany's unification led to the collapse of the Soviet union.
West Germany, which was controlled by the three western powers, of the US, Britain and France was larger, then East Germany, which was controlled by the USSR.
becauese of the soviet union
large number of nuclear weapons that had been stockpiled in the republics
soviet economic collapse
It would have indicated or promoted a collapse of the Soviet Union.
they were weak from the war
They were weak from the war.
The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War contributed the most to increasing international trade for eastern and Western Europe in the 1990's.
Germany's unification led to the collapse of the Soviet union.
West Germany, which was controlled by the three western powers, of the US, Britain and France was larger, then East Germany, which was controlled by the USSR.
The Berlin Air Lift, with which the Western Powers succeeded in supplying the city, thus going over the Soviet blockade.
becauese of the soviet union
Because the leaders of those two countries were more powerful than the western powers and the soviet union. They were also, by far, more aggressive and brutal when it came to fighting battles.
The collapse of detente is frequently attributed to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Western boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. American presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan significantly increased defense spending, culminating in the abandonment of SALT II negotiations.