large number of nuclear weapons that had been stockpiled in the republics
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.
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 western powers decided to form a group called NATO (North Atlantic treaty organisation). They would help each other if the soviets attack one of them.
Of course. The collapse of the Nazis and the shrinking role of western powers was a great opportunity for the US to take the lead.
Show down the Soviet Union??? Or shot down IN the Soviet Union? Are you asking about Gary Francis Powers?
they were weak from the war
They were weak from the war.
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.
The failure of the Western Powers to militarily intervene preventing the city from being conquered by the Ottomans.
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.
improved for a while, but then became more strained
Soviet foreign policy was essentially the cause of the Cold War. Their ambition to forcefully take countries and demolish the free market motivated the conflict.
four hours after Powers entered Soviet airspace, a Soviet pilot shot down his plane, and Powers was forced to parachute into Soviet-controlled territory. The Soviets sentenced Powers to ten years in prison.
You're probably thinking about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Axis power started when the opposition of the Western world and the Soviet Union united. Their goal for uniting was to break the hegemony of plutocratic-capitalist Western powers and defend civilization from communism.
the western powers decided to form a group called NATO (North Atlantic treaty organisation). They would help each other if the soviets attack one of them.