The Jist of It

So...in the beginning there were two nations that were allies through WWII. These two nations were the United States of America and the United Soviet Socialist Republic. Through WWII, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. helped each other with everything in need of war. At the end of the war in 1945, the two nations were still close, but there were signs of drifting apart. With threats of nuclear weapons, the Soviet's siege on West Berlin, and communism, the Unites States and the Soviet Union's relationship couldn't be worse. By 1952, the Soviet Union and the U.S were no longer an allies. The Soviet Union was now officially a communist party and America wanted nothing of communism. President Truman had a plan...containment. Following up on the Korean War comes the many tensions between the most powerful nations of the world. With competitions on the rise and more reasons to want to end contact with each other were becoming evident, from the looks of it, the Cold War wasn't looking so cold.