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Inevitable Cold War On The United States And The Soviet War

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Unavoidable Cold War

Irina Shemetova
History 12
Chris Nielsen, PhD
June 13, 2015

Unavoidable Cold War
The phrase "cold war" is associated with the so-called "competition" of the United States and the USSR, which began almost immediately after the Second World War. The Soviet Union was in fact a serious competitor to the United States in terms of the international prestige and as one of the most influential superpowers of the world at that time. Instead, the partnership between the victor countries soon turned into an indirect, "cold" war. Despite the scale and actuality, this subject is studied a little, and is not quite fully covered in the historical literature. Cold War was unavoidable because of Stalin 's mistrust after U.S. intervention in 1918, Churchill 's "Unthinkable" operation and his speech in Fulton and also Truman 's friendship with Churchill, his Marshall Plan and offensive comments.
Many people think that American troops have never fought on the Russian land. However, in September 1918, the 339th Regiment of American Infantry disembarked at the port of Archangel, in the North of the newly formed Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Multi-national forces of the Triple Entente, including Americans and British, arrived to the North to support the White army. However, troops were not aware of this fact. We can see that from the work of Joel Moore ""M" Company 339th Infantry in North Russia". Moore says in his work "we were told, we are

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