What was Stalin's relationship with the West?

Answer 1

Stalin's relationship with the West was a very tentative one. The Western leaders did not trust Stalin and he did not trust them. He was part of the Big 3 in allied war effort. His country lost 20 million people due to Hitler's attacks on them. He wanted revenge and to expand his own nation. He kept the nations he conquered in his effort to defeat the Germans. He was amazed when Eisenhower let him defeat Berlin in revenge for the deaths in his country. Due to the conflicts between the democratic western ideals/western national leaders with Stalin the Cold War began at the end of World War 2. Winston Churchill correctly predicted we would have to fight Stalin after the war was over. It took five decades to resolve the problem.