History question HELP!! about the Cold war **read Details**?

Question

Explain why some historians claim that the set up of Cominform was the first event of the Cold war??

(History work)

Answer 1

Cominform was an organization designed to coordinate the views of all communist parties.
The first conference was called by Stalin in 1947 to discuss the abstract theories of communism and the realities of the aftermath of World War II.
It was used to push soviet agendas without the use of force.
It helped spur an ideological battle with the west.

Answer 2

The Cominform (Communist Information Bureau) is the common name for what was officially referred to as the Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties. It was the first official forum of the international communist movement since the dissolution of the Comintern, and confirmed the new realities after World War II - including the creation of an Eastern Bloc.

The Cominform was a Soviet-dominated organization of Communist parties founded in September, 1947 at a conference of Communist party leaders in Szklarska Poręba, Poland. The Soviet leader Joseph Stalin called the conference in response to divergences among the eastern European governments on whether or not to attend the Paris Conference on Marshall Aid in July 1947.

The intended purpose of the Cominform was to coordinate actions between Communist parties under Soviet direction. As a result, the Cominform acted as a tool of Soviet foreign policy and Stalinism. It had its own newspaper (titled For Lasting Peace, for People's Democracy!), and it encouraged unity of Communist parties under Soviet direction.

Answer 3

The tensions that could later become chilly conflict became glaring as early as 1943, whilst the "massive 3" allied leaders—American President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British best Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet maximum suitable Josef Stalin—met in Tehran to coordinate technique. Poland, which sits in an unlucky place on the map, squeezed between familiar enemies Russia and Germany, became a topic remember for heated debate. From Shmoop