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World War I And The Soviet Union

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During World War II, Allies came up with agreements to be imposed on the defeated; however, these agreements broke down quickly after the war. Resentment among the winners became intense. Instead of settling affairs at a peace conference, as they did after World War I, the Allies worked out most of the peace terms through military negotiations right after the war in meetings that lasted until 1963. Some of these settlements included the Soviet Union expanding westward, Germany being occupied by allied forces, the four-power occupation of Berlin, and post-surrender terms of Japan. The single largest change was an agreement that the Soviet Union would keep several countries that were taken over formerly in 1939-1940. Another notable change was Italy’s 304305 surrender of the mostly Slavic jurisdiction of Istria to Yugoslavia; the western boundary of Germany was set as it already existed.

THE ONSET OF THE COLD WAR
As World War II came to its end, agreements among the winning powers began to dissolve. The U.S., Great Britain, and the Soviet Union…had very different views politically, socially, and economically. World War II, which was considered a “hot” war, was followed by the cold war. This war was a conflict primarily between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that persevered throughout much of the postwar period. The ideological differences were mutual distrust. As US was a capitalist country, Americans feared communism and the nuclear arms race were the major

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