What were some of the similarities and differences of the Cold War in Europe as opposed to Cold War strategy in Asia?
What were some of the similarities and differences of the Cold War in Europe as opposed to Cold War strategy in Asia?
Although the United States and the Soviet Union fought alongside in the Second World War, there were conflicts and tensions between them that can be traced back to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and Russia's withdrawal from the First World War. These tensions were escalated by several factors and events such as the secret alliance between the Soviet Union and Germany to invade European territories that resulted in the Second World War, the American-British dominance in international diplomacy, and disagreements during the wartime conferences. But the most important factor for this heightened tension was the communist expansion and the rivalry between them to dominate international politics. Winston Churchill's 'iron curtain' speech heralded the beginning of the Cold War and the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine of 1947 affirmed it.
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