who started it?
There was a lot of tension between both sides of war. The US felt that they were playing it safe and being innocent about their actions while protecting other countries. On the other side the Soviet Union kind of saw them as a threat while they were doing that and still producing nuclear weapons while claiming they are only helping out other countries. It's hard to tell who really started it when both sides had such strong yet different opinions.
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The iron curtainThe Iron curtain was an imaginary separation point which divided Europe into two areas at the end of WWII to the end of the Civil War. The whole goal of this division was to block the Soviet Union and communism off from the rest of Western Europe. The Soviets weren't exactly seeking war, they just wanted power as they took over several populated countries under their control. Winston Churchill delivered his famous speech explaining that the whole idea behind the curtain is a "prevention of war" by blocking off communism and allowing the other countries to be democratic.
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soviet union sideThe Soviet Union had an ambassador speak their opinion of the iron curtain and other matters out loud. They feel that the US are the one who are "striving for world supremacy". The USSR feels that the US is weak and is trying to provoke something by putting up this invisible wall. The ambassador states that the Soviets have other plans so that the US can't claim the title of ' able to have world domination' or something along that line. Even Henry Wallace stated that the US might say they are trying to bring peace to the table, but with mass producing these weapons they are preparing for a war that hasn't even started yet which provokes the other countries.
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who really started it?The US seemed to have started the war in the end. There were many leading factors from both sides, so it's hard to really pick out who truly started it. However, the United States did seems to be provoking and playing innocent by "blocking off" the spread of communism through their invisible wall. The Soviets hadn't advanced and even Churchill admitted that. With the continuous production of dangerous weapons made it seem that we were preparing for something that wasn't even close to happening yet. This sent mixed signals to the USSR and Eastern Europe which in turn just made tensions rise even more than they already had.
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