What Caused The Cold War Essay

Throughout, the cold war a lot of conflict was happening such as; the Berlin Airlift, the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan along with the conflict with the Soviet Union. President Truman was trying multiple ways to end the war and bring peace to America. After trying to bring peace President Truman declared war and finally got the United States involved with helping in the war and trying to end communism in the world. After all his efforts failed President Truman raised the game and used the atomic bomb to get his point across, which caused problems with the Soviets. Finally President Truman got his point across and ended the war. While the Cold War was still going on President Truman was coming up with the Truman
Doctrine which states
” the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the French Republic, each in his own zone of occupation, and also jointly, in matters affecting Germany as a whole, in their capacity as members of the Control Council.” Also the Soviets believed in Communism which also caused conflict between the United States and the Soviets. Many areas in Eastern Europe had been or still was under communism. ” Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and, in many cases, increasing measure of control from Moscow.” All these countries was under communism until after the Cold War ended. During the Cold War Stalin cut the roads and railroad at the borders of West and East Germany in what is known as the Berlin Airlift. ” The general usefulness of Berlin as center of an intelligence network has been impaired, while in particular, access to soviet deserters and anti-communist Germans has been made more difficult.” So President Truman thought about how the United States could still get items over to West and East Germany. President Truman came up with the idea of the Berlin Airlift to deliver goods to