The Soviet Union And The Cold War - 1038 Words

After a series of events during the time of World War II, tensions between the United States and the Communists such as the Soviet Union and China, developed into a military and political conflict such as the Cold War. During the Cold War, which went on for 50 years, the Soviet Union and the United States competed to expand their economical and political influence. Although, the United States military has increased in size and it’s strategy. The United States power today is highly supreme when it comes to competing with other countries in the world. The United States is the world s largest producer of nuclear power, holding an immense amount of nuclear and atomic bombs, accounting for more than big percentage of worldwide nuclear†¦show more content†¦The day before the invasion of North Korea, a series of events caused Truman to become nervous and apprehensive. â€Å"When North Korean troops invaded the South, the Truman administration seized upon the opportunity to defend a noncommunist government from invasion by communist troops.† (George M Elsey). Truman is quite anxious that the Soviets aimed to seize and grasp the entire Korean peninsula from the position in the north, the United States’ troops quickly moved into Southern Korea. During the events of the Vietnam War and the Cold War, another perfect example of containment was performed by the Soviet Union in Berlin, hence the name The Berlin Blockade. The Berlin Blockade was the first major crisis of the Cold War. By 1948, the Western allies commenced moving towards combining their zones in only Western Germany into an independent German state. As part of that process, the United States, France and Britain tried to reform the currency in different regions of Germany they occupied in this case Berlin, in order to establish economic recovery which was very difficult to do. However, the new currency, over which the Soviet Union would have no control, was also to become legal in the Western regions of Berlin. Inside the United States there was some sentiment for accepting the Soviet logic since that many of them were reluctant to risk a war over