The 2 sides were enemies long before they were allies in WWII.
Joseph Stalin— the leader of the Soviet Union— had been an ally of Hitler for a
time
The dove symbol was used extensively in the post-war peace movement.
man of steel
Twice
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (replaced on July 26 by Prime
Minister Clement Attlee), and U.S. President Harry Truman
The soviets prevented free elections in Poland, and banned democratic parties.
a country that is formally recognized as an independent and sovereign state but who is
nevertheless under the strong influence or control of another state.
a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent
the spread of communism after the end of World War II.
East Germany, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Albania, and Bulgaria.
an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allie
that developed after World War II
the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened
by Soviet forces or Communist insurrection. First expressed in 1947 by US
President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey
, the doctrine was seen by the Communists as an open declaration of the Cold War.
Greece and Turkey