#COMMUNIST AMERICA ALTERNATE HISTORY SERIES#

A series of events during and after World War II exacerbated these tensions, including the Soviet- German pact during the first two years of the war leading to subsequent invasions, the perceived delay of an amphibious invasion of German-occupied Europe, the western alliesвЂ™ support of the Atlantic Charter, disagreement in wartime conferences over the fate of Eastern Europe, the SovietsвЂ™ creation of an Eastern Bloc of Soviet satellite states, western allies scrapping the Morgenthau Plan to support the rebuilding of German industry, and the Marshall Plan. After this period, the Cold War persisted for more than half a century.Д®vents preceding the Second World War and the Russian Revolution of 1917 fostered pre- World War II tensions between the Soviet Union, western European countries, and the United States. The Cold War most directly originates from the relations between the Soviet Union and the allies (the United States, Great Britain, and France) in the years 1945вЂ“1947. It was the first official forum of the international communist movement since the dissolution of the Comintern, and confirmed new realities after World War II, including the creation of an Eastern bloc. Cominform: Founded in 1947, this was was the common name for what was officially referred to as the Information Bureau of the Communist and WorkersвЂ™ Parties.The term is used mainly to refer to Central and Eastern European countries during the Cold War that were under the hegemony of the Soviet Union. satellite states: A political term for a country that is formally independent, but under heavy political and economic influence or control by another country.Cold War: The period of hostility short of open war between the Soviet Bloc and the Western powers, especially the United States, 1945вЂ“91.Eastern Bloc: The group of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, generally including the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact.вЂњiron curtainвЂќ: This term named the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.ChurchillвЂ™s вЂњiron curtainвЂќ speech and the creation of Cominform further divided the world into two blocs.Both the U.S.вЂ™ s вЂќ Long Telegram вЂќ and the SovietsвЂ™ вЂњNovikov TelegramвЂќ displayed a sense of mutual distrust.advocated capitalism while the Soviets advocated communism. The Soviet Union sought prosperity through security a rebuilt Europe would be a threat. After the war, the U.S.вЂ™ s primary goal was prosperity through open markets and a strengthened Europe.and Soviet leaders sharply disagreed over the future of the post-war world. At both the Yalta Conference and Potsdam Conference, U.S.and Soviet Union originated from postwar disagreements, conflicting ideologies, and fears of expansionism.

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