Escalation Of The Cold War

The Cold War was not a typical war. Although it was a war, it didn’t include fighting. This war lasted for a tremendous period of forty-two years. It was a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. This war consists of many lows and highs throughout the length of forty-two years. It took place immediately after World War II when Europe had fallen into pieces. Both the United States and the Soviet Union were allies before the Cold War. Their fallout started when they attempted to help Europe. Both had their own methods to help Europe, and both thought their ways were more efficient. This is when the Cold War started, March 12, 1947. The United States wanted to make them a part of capitalism and religious freedom. However, the
Right after World War II ended with the bombing of Japan, the United States started to develop an atomic bomb called the Manhattan Project. During this time, the USA was the one who began this period of Nuclear Arms Race by being the first nation after the Japan bombing to own Nuclear weapons. At this point, the Soviet Union didn’t have the military power to develop a nuclear weapon. However, that changed on August 29, 1949, when they tested the ‘First Lightning’, their first atomic bomb. As a result, no one trusted them, nor did they trust anyone, as they had the power to destroy each other. This was called MAD ( Mutual Assured Destruction). They both continued to make atomic bombs as a defense. The third escalation of the Cold War is similar to the first. Both the United States and the Soviet Union had different ideologies. The United States was based on capitalism and democracy, whereas the Soviet Union was based on communism and dictatorship. This made a huge difference when it came to the worldview. The last escalation was the fear of the spread of communism. The USA feared that the world would turn to communism due to both Greece and Turkey going into a financial