Question

The Cold War was a period of conflict between the Western countries of the US, Great Britain and France and the Communist countries led by the Soviet. think about why the Cold War happened. give at least two reasons for the Cold War.

Answer 1

Reason 1: The US and the USSR had different mindsets (communism vs. capitalism) when occupying the two sides of the Berlin Wall / Iron Curtain, which caused a lot of disagreement between the two super powers.

Reason 2: The US and USSR had nuclear weaponry and, due to the disagreements described in Reason 1, threatened multiple time to use them against each other to prove who's ideas were more powerful.

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