After World War II in 1945, the USA and the USSR were the worlds strongest nations and were so called the superpowers. Although they had one thing in common, the did not free on how to deal with economic struggles and ideal types of government. The soviet unit on one side was a communist country which meant that the government was in control of the production and resources and had total control over people and their lives. The US, was a capitalist country meaning people ad businesses control the production of good and they were free to decide where they lived and worked.
The cold war began shortly after WWII had ended with the soviet union taking control over eastern Europe (east Germany), on the other side, Britain, France and the US were in control of western Germany.
From there things started degenerating as the soviets started blocking access to Berlin which was located on the eastern part of Germany and conflicts between Korea leading to the outburst of another war.
This is a strong and concise article. I like how you talked about how the two superpowers got into another war without straying off topic or saying too much, so this post is still interesting.
ReplyDeleteI like how you gave background about the types of government that the SOviet Union and US were. Good refresher on how the cold war started, since we're learning about the end of it.
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