The name Cold War ultimately describes the relationship between the two superpowers of that time, which were United States, and the Soviet Union. The Cold War was a continuous battle, which lasted decades, to determine what nation between the two had more political and military power. In this essay I will be discussing some of the major events that occurred from each decade of the Cold War from the 1940s through the 1980s. Although, there was not direct fighting between the US and Soviet; there was many major crises, including the Berlin Blockade, Korean War, U2 plane incident, the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan, and the Strategic Defence Initiative just to name a few. These are the events I will address in this essay. Also, I will clarify on who caused the crisis, which side was responsible, and the outcome of the whole event.
Starting from the 1940s, which is known to be the start of the Cold War. The topic I want to discuss is the Berlin Blockade, which initiated the first crisis and the possibility of war between the Unites States and the Soviet Union. The Berlin Blockade was an attempt to limit western allies including America to travel to their sectors of Berlin by blocking their access. Stalin, who was a political leader of Russia, wanted Berlin to be communist and end all access of the western powers. The Russians wanted to force the western allies to permit them to supply Berlin with all necessities, like food and fuel, so they could practically be in control of the whole city. So the Russians began interfering with the traffic in West Berlin and ended up imposing a ban on all traffic flows on June 24th 1948. In response, the Americans used military force to clear the routes to Berlin and eventually the western allie...
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...money trying to counter the shield, and that’s what contributed to the Soviet system downfall.
In conclusion, the Cold War was a conflict between the two major superpowers over political and military power. It is still undecided when the Cold War was finally over but 1940 – 1980s is commonly used. According to the textbook by McCauley it ended in the early 90s. Either way, the cause of the Cold War was that the Soviets were trying to expand their communist beliefs all over the world and the US was against this; that’s what created the tensions. It was called the Cold War because they really didn’t get into an actual war. I discussed some of the major events that happened in each decade of the Cold War from the 1940s through the 1980s. I tried explaining the event, which side was responsible, and the outcome/impact of the event. Hope you enjoyed reading my essay.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the cold war was a continuous battle, which lasted decades, to determine which nation had more political and military power.
- Explains that the berlin blockade initiated the first crisis and the possibility of war between the united states and soviet union.
- Explains that the korean war was the first armed conflict of the cold war and set the standards for conflicts in the cold war.
- Explains that the cold war was a continuous battle, which lasted decades, to determine which nation had more political and military power.
- Explains that the berlin blockade initiated the first crisis and the possibility of war between the united states and soviet union.
- Explains that the korean war was the first armed conflict of the cold war and set the standards for conflicts in the cold war.
- Explains that president eisenhower planned the worst debacle of his presidency, which was the u-2 spy plane incident.
- Concludes that the cold war was a conflict between the two major superpowers over political and military power.
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