Cold War Year Started
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Cold war year started. The cold war emerged in europe a few years after the successful us ussr uk coalition won world war ii in europe and extended to 1989 91. Although the soviet union was an important member of the allied powers there was great distrust between the soviet union and the rest of the allies. The great confrontation we came to call the cold war had quite suddenly become the next stage of world history. The cold war began after the surrender of nazi germany in 1945 when the uneasy alliance between the united states and great britain on the one hand and the soviet union on the other started to fall apart.
The united states created the nato military alliance in 1949 in the apprehension of a soviet attack and termed their global policy against soviet influence containment. The cold war 1947 1953 is the period within the cold war from the truman doctrine in 1947 to the conclusion of the korean war in 1953. The cold war between communist bloc nations and western allies defined postwar politics. Many american officials feared this.
What began in iran in 1946 lasted for 45 years until the dissolution of the soviet union in 1991. The first phase of the cold war began immediately after the end of the second world war in 1945. Though the parties were technically at peace the period was. The cold war began not too long after world war ii ended in 1945.