... the rest of Germany. The tensions between the US and USSR rose up and even though there was no act of war, this situation they found themselves in became known as the Cold War. Stalin's real intentions with the Berlin Blockade, as the History Channel's web page describes were to "limit the ... expand to the rest of Germany and surrounding countries. It is interesting to point out that the US and the USSR were partners short before the Cold War took place. "Hitler's invasion of Russia in June 1941 forced a four-year partnership upon the Soviets and Americans," as LaFeber illustrates on .....

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... the postwar period, as Soviet-American hostility developed into a cold war; Canada found itself between 2 superpowers. Canadian defense faced a new paradox, where the US borders were a possible threat however, Soviet Union was the ultimate enemy. If a war had resulted from this conflict Canada would have been the first ... to go. However Canadians have paid no price for unpreparedness. Fortifications built at Canadian expense serve crowds of tourists as monuments to the bad ideas of the Canadian military. The funding that ... 20th century, the government saw no reason to pay for the sop...

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