What were the original causes of tensions between USA and Russia after WW 2 til when Berlin Wall was built?

Answer 1

There was no single cause, but a number of factors that came together:

The vast differences in ideology, between communism and capitalism, as already noted, had caused tension between the two powers since 1917.

The USSR had lost huge numbers of its people during the war: some 12 million civilians and 11 million soldiers died and many more had to live under German rule after the invasion (compared to 1700 civilians and 417,000 soldiers from the US). It was a brutal experience and one that the USSR never wanted to repeat.

The USSR thus wanted to create a "buffer zone" of allied states on their borders to prevent against future invasion. The US, however, wanted to gain influence in those same nations. It was not only ideological but economic. Capitalist states could provide resources to and buy products from the US in a global market.

The USA thus objected to the Warsaw Pact countries (the buffer zone) while the USSR considered the US-allied countries in NATO/western Europe to be a continued threat to itself. This led to frosty relations in the late 1940s that became only worse over the subsequent decades.

Answer 2

Berlin was split into different sectors Some Controlled by the Americans-British--Some by Russia. Russia had suffered so much in WW2 at the Hands of German Armies--The Russians wanted complete revenge and control over Germanys capitol city. Russia block off the cities food supplies-coal-fuel- Medicines forcing the Americans and British to have to airlift tons of supplies daily to avoid the starvation of the cities innocent civilians and to keep them from freezing to death. The Cold War was on from then on until the Berlin Wall came down and Democracy won out over Communism!!!!

Answer 3

The cold war started due to the fact that WWII essentially destrayed much of Europe and the pacific Japanese power. This left the world with two superpowers with two opposing philosophies, capitalism and socialism. This difference in economic theory was parlayed into a political oppostiion that would last decades.

Answer 4

a desire on both sides to control the world.........