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enditall727 on 31 May 2013
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sethnintendo said:
enditall727 said:
sethnintendo said:
Kasz216 said:




Russia was no doubt a major fear and played a big part in it... but Nuclear weapons in the end seems like what forced their hand.


Funny that they would rather surrender to us than Russia.  With all their anti USA propaganda that led to citizens jumping off cliffs of Okinawa with their children in fear of surrender.  The higher ups obviously knew that USA would treat Japan better than Russia.  I'm actually more interested in the supposed war of USA vs Russia right after WW2 (aka what led to the Cold War).  The atomic bomb probably stopped Russia in its tracks (T-34 tracks to be precise).  Without it I believe Russia would have declared war on USA, England, and the rest of the Allies to control the rest of Europe.


Why exactly was there even a cold war? Didn't USSR and USA team up to stop the Nazi Germany?

They did but even during the summits (right before the downfall of Germany completely Stalin was at odds with FDR and Churchill).  Just look at this photo and the body language obviously shows Stalin not giving a shit about FDR and Churchill (okay it might not be that easy to call it in one photo but it is the truth).  USA didn't know if Russia or USSR would stop with Germany or continue on.  It was all up in the air.  Germany and Russia afflicted the most casualties in the WW2 and Russia learned a lot on how to properly fight during WW2.  They also had the best tank ever made for its time (mainly due to mass production (the most produced tank ever) but it also could take a few shots thanks to its sloping armor, the T-34).  USA didn't really like Communism that much either considering the red scare that happened after WW2.  It was pretty much a sin to be considered Communist in the USA after WW2 (just like it was in Germany before and during WW2).

Look how standoffish Stalin looks.  He wanted the entire Europe.


Oh so Stalin wanted Europe aswell? I thought Hitler was the only one that wanted Europe. Why did he want Europe though? I know that Hitler wanted to expand Germania and be in control with his racial policies. I guess Stalin was just power hungry. And what was the red scare?