THE NATURE AND ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR

THE NATURE AND ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR WORLD WAR II AND EARLY COLD WAR

Do Now Identify the two people to the right. Then using your knowledge of WWII predict reasons why the U. S and Soviet Union may clash with one another in the postwar period.

What was the Cold War? The postwar struggle for power between the United States and the Soviet Union. Although this was largely a war of words and influence, it threatened to heat up and produce armed conflict between the superpowers.

When was the Cold War? 1946 -1991 Post World War II tensions till the breakup of the Soviet Union

Review-End of WWII At the end of World War II, the United States vowed not to repeat the mistakes of World War I. With the other Allies, it worked to establish ways of avoiding future conflicts. After World War II, Allied leaders did not want to punish the people of Germany and Japan. They wanted to leave those countries with enough resources to remain independent. Allied demands at the end of World War II were much less harsh than those in the Versailles Treaty. Germany and Japan disarm and pay reparations, but the Allies did not demand a great deal of money

A Wartime Alliance Begins to Erode Soviet Union (Stalin) United States (Truman) • Stalin’s decisions were driven by security concerns. • Stalin wanted a buffer zone of friendly communist states to protect the Soviet Union. • Stalin claimed Eastern Europe as a Soviet sphere of influence • Truman wanted to allow Eastern European nations to determine their own form of government. • Truman believed that countries would choose democracy if given free choice.

The U. S and the USSR Count up the Costs of War Soviet Union United States • As many as 20 million Soviet citizens died in the war, including 7 million soldiers. • Soviets starved when the Nazis invaded, stripping the countryside and torching farms and villages. • The Nazis leveled several Soviet cities, including Stalingrad and Kiev • About 290, 000 U. S. soldiers died. Civilian casualties were limited to those killed or wounded at Pearl Harbor. • No fighting took place on U. S. soil, no cities were bombed, and no farms or factories were destroyed. • The U. S. economy boomed during the war

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