why was the cold war called the cold way

Neither side ever fought the other – the consequences would be too appalling – but they did ‘fight’ for their beliefs using client states who fought for their beliefs on their behalf e.g. are being fully mobilised and war plans are being put into operation ready for the command to fight.Ĭold War : this term is used to describe the relationship between America and the Soviet Union 1945 to 1980. Warm War : this is where talks are still going on and there would always be a chance of a peaceful outcome but armies, navies etc. The first Stalin knew of what this weapon could do was when reports on Hiroshima got back to Moscow. The Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin, was also distrustful of the Americans after Truman only told him of a new terrifying weapon that he was going to use against the Japanese. So the extreme distrust that existed during the war, was certainly present before the end of the war…….and this was between Allies. Suspicion brews between America and Soviet Union His anger was shared by Montgomery, Britain’s senior military figure. Churchill himself was furious that Eisenhower, as supreme head of Allied command, had agreed that the Red Army should be allowed to get to Berlin first ahead of the Allied army.

In fact, one of America’s leading generals, Patton, stated that he felt that the Allied army should unite with what was left of the Wehrmacht in 1945, utilise the military genius that existed within it (such as the V2’s etc.) and fight the oncoming Soviet Red Army. The Soviet Union had depicted America likewise so their ‘friendship’ during the war was simply the result of having a mutual enemy – Nazi Germany.

American and Soviet Union relations before World War Twoīefore the war, America had depicted the Soviet Union as almost the devil-incarnate.

Why was the cold war called the cold way