The Cold War developed from a period of conflict, tension and competition between The United States and The Soviet Union (Russia) at the end of World War Two. From this President Truman issued his policy. He said that his policy was going to be one of containment- keeping communism within its current borders, which limited the soviet union. Containment can be seen in post World War Two (Europe) and in The Korean war.
In February 1945, as the war was almost to its close, president Franklin Roosevelt met at Yalta in the Crimea with the Soviet Union’s Joseph Stalin and Great Britain’s Winston Churchill. The meeting was called the Yalta conference. Their purpose was to discuss how Germany was going to be divided after World War Two since it would be destroyed. But they all had different ideas; Stalin wanted to protect his borders and rebuild his country, Roosevelt wanted to spread democracy and build up free trade, and Churchill wanted to keep the British empire together. It was decided that Berlin would be divided into four zones. The United States, Soviet Union, Britain, and France each controlling a zone. The Soviets were given control over the eastern section, while the united states, great Britain, and France were given control over the west. Germany was divided into two sections: east Germany and west Germany. In April 25,1947; the united nations met in san Francisco. They agreed that every nation had a write to choose its own government and will be able to. Stalin promising his people free elections did not let Poland (one of the Soviet Union’s satellite nations) vote. Stalin then stopped trading with the Western part. Which meant he didn’t wanted to stay with his communist believes. Rite after President Truman wrote a statement for his new policy of containment. The other Western powers agreed They wanted to keep communism in its current borders.
In 1947 Greece and Turkey were receiving aid from Great Britain, but could no longer afford it....