Stalin:
Stalin violated the Yalta agreements. It was agreed that free elections were to be permitted in Poland and elsewhere. Stalin reneged on this part. The freedom of Poland was what world war 2 in Europe was all about and violating the agreement meant the Western allies died for nothing.
Secondly, Stalin attempted to force the allies out Berlin culminating the 1948 Berlin airlift.
In the Balkans the soviets backed Yugoslavian land grabs against Italian territory and even killed US and British troops.
laslty, the United States and Great Britian had discovered that the Soviet Union was conducting numerous espionage activities during World War 2 while still allies and after.
The Commmunist Party in the United States (CPUSA) and was the center of the Soviet covert activities. Soviet spies were in every branch of the US government: State department, executive branch, the US military e.g. OSS and Manhattan (a-bomb) project.
2007-03-23 08:12:20
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answered by Anonymous
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You could actually lay the blame at the feet of Lenin. He withdrew Russia from the world after he led the Communist takeover of Russia. He was trying to consolidate his power and looked inward.
When Stalin took over, he was also wanting to maintain a stranglehold on his power. This led to millions of deaths among his people. When World War II began, he was allied with the Axis powers, most notably Hitler's Germany. Hitler stabbed Russia in the back before Stalin could stab Germany in the back. He joined the Allies (US, Britain and France were the major Allied nations) after the German attack.
When the war ended, America and Britain hoped to give all countries back to their people. Russia had other ideas, however. Every country they "liberated" became either part of their country (USSR), or a satelite of theirs, i.e. Poland, Hungary, etc. Again, Stalin was still in charge of Russia.
The US and Britain tried to stop Stalin from gobbling up any more countries, most notably West Germany, Greece and Turkey. By stopping Stalin's dream, the Soviets no longer pretended they were our ally and hence the Cold War began.
It was Stalin who began it. It wasn't Churchill as he was voted out of office at the end of the war. Truman was trying to stop Stalin from taking over Europe. Stalin came close.
By the way, someone answering this wrote that Truman made the Iron Curtain speech in Missouri. He didn't, it was Churchill who made the Iron Curtain speech.
2007-03-23 10:33:43
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answered by Kevin C 4
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All 3 but the idea of an Iron Curtain was all Truman after a speehc he made at a college in Missouri
2007-03-23 09:51:15
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answered by chellyk 5
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In fact, there was dissent among the Allies in WWII already, they just didn't show bc of the war.The main reason for east and west drifting apart after the war was misunderstanding / disagreement between Soviet Union and the US.A somewhat comparable, though not nearly as deep dissent evolved between France and the US over the future european and NATO policy.
2007-03-23 09:52:09
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answered by Anonymous
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No the cold weather doesn't cause cold/flu. You are right in that they are viral infections. However, the cold and flu are more common in winter because the germs have a field day indoors where we have the heating up full blast - this provides optimum conditions for them to multiply faster and therefore meaning they can multiply faster than your immune system can get rid of them!
2016-03-29 01:11:02
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answered by Anonymous
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All of the above. There was no one person who started the cold war. It was started because the USSR and the Anglo-American countries refused to trust each other (though many would question whether any of them deserved such trust).
2007-03-23 08:00:28
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answered by Anonymous
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stalin
2007-03-23 07:58:50
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answered by Wings*of*Light 3
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2007-03-23 07:56:48
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answered by Anonymous
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