Did the United States and the Soviet Union not go to war directly after World War II?

No, the Cold War was a confrontation of all means other than direct military confrontation, including military threats, political confrontations, economic blockades, ideological mutual infiltration, and so on. The most fierce military conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union was the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the two countries were on the verge of war and were almost on the verge of using nuclear weapons, but in the end, considering the serious consequences of nuclear war, they still compromised with each other. During the Cold War, there were local hot wars, such as the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Middle East War, but they were not fought between the two major powers of the United States and the Soviet Union.

Of course not.

However, the two great powers are at war in many areas.

This is a kind of war in peacetime.

Both the United States and the Soviet Union knew that they did not have absolute superiority, and each had its own advantages and disadvantages. Moreover, the two most powerful countries are directly at war, and even if they win, they are all bruised and their vitality is greatly damaged, they have both participated in World War II and know the consequences of war. If you don't do it, your leadership position will be wiped out because of such a war.

Another one, after World War II, the national strategy of the powerful country has shifted from actual territorial occupation to ideological control, which also makes direct engagement unnecessary, it is better to support their own forces in various places, let their ** people fight each other, I will provide support (including funds, ** and consultants), it is good to win, even if you lose, the pressure on the country is small. So the United States will fight Vietnam, the USSR will fight Afghanistan, but it will not fight on its own.

Third, both sides lack the public opinion base to go to war at home, and they are also careful not to let others catch their pigtails. In World War II, both countries waged "just" wars on the grounds of anti-aggression, but after the war, as long as the other side did not first blatantly attack, they themselves would be nameless, unable to account for themselves at home (including their own allies), and it would be difficult for them to mobilize for war. So even in the event of a crisis such as the Cuban missile incident, both sides have tried to exercise restraint as much as possible.

Fourth, the pressure from all countries in the world, especially in Europe. Both the United States and the Soviet Union regarded Europe as their most important partner, and both had their own turf: the Warsaw Pact and NATO, in which they had their political interests and very important economic interests.

If the two fight, Europe will definitely become the main battlefield, which can not be borne by any European country, so European countries have always been very active in mediation.

Politicians will always only do what is best for themselves.

There may be local skirmishes, but both sides are restrained. At the very least, both sides have nuclear **, go to war and look for death...

Since the end of World War II, from 1945 to the 1990s, although the United States and the Soviet Union had serious differences and conflicts, both sides of the confrontation tried their best to avoid the outbreak of large-scale wars (world wars) around the world. The Chinese Kuomintang-Communist Civil War, the Korean War, the Middle East War, the Vietnam War, the Afghanistan War (1979), and the Iran-Iraq War are examples of regional conflicts between several Eastern and Western countries, but most of the time they are just conflicts between the two sides, and in these conflicts, the major powers only support the countries or organizations through funds and aid. In doing so, the tension between the two camps is reduced.

It can be counted, but there is a local hot war.

Of course not.

Otherwise, why would it be called the Cold War?

The evolution of US-Soviet relations after World War II was as follows:

On March 5 of that year, then British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered the "Iron Curtain Speech" in Fulton, USA, officially opening the prelude to the Cold War.

On March 12, the United States came to power with the Truman Doctrine, marking the beginning of the Cold War.

The establishment of the Warsaw Pact marked the formation of a bipolar pattern.

4. From the 50s to the 60s, US-Soviet relations were still in the period of Cold War development, but the policies of both sides had changed considerably. During this period, the struggle for hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union was characterized by both détente and contention, and the superiority was in the United States. Due to the ebb and flow of the balance of power between the United States and the Soviet Union, Khrushchev sought cooperation between the Soviet Union and the United States, sat on an equal footing with the United States, and began to handle relations with the Western countries led by the United States in a relaxed posture.

The dissolution of the Sino-Warsaw Pact and the subsequent late disintegration of the Soviet Union illustrate the failure of the Soviet model, marking the end of the Cold War and the end of the bipolar pattern, a total of 44 years. The United States has become the world's only superpower, and the world pattern has changed to "one superpower, many powers" in the process of world multipolarization.

The impact of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union on the world was:

1. The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was a confrontation between the two sides in the political, economic, military, diplomatic, cultural, and ideological fields, which touched the inner life of the two countries, ran through all aspects of the international community, and formed a special structure of international relations.

2. In the context of the Great Ring of the Cold War, because the United States and the Soviet Union were evenly matched, both sides were trying their best to avoid war, so they avoided the outbreak of a new large-scale war (World War III) in the past half century.

3. Countries with different social systems have all learned from each other's experience and lessons to varying degrees in the course of long-term coexistence, and have used them for internal adjustment and reform, thus promoting the overall development of the world.

4. In the face of the confrontation of the bipolar pattern, the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America formed the Non-Aligned Movement (G77) and gradually developed and expanded, and the third world rose as a result.

5. It has promoted the formation of a multipolar world pattern, and at the same time promoted the development of the third scientific and technological revolution.

After the outbreak of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union formed a wartime alliance because of the common interest of peace.

3. After the end of World War II, both the Soviet Union and the United States had ambitions to dominate the world, and the long-term Cold War relationship was established. Bend Zheng.

In the 90s of the century, the Soviet Union collapsed, the US-Soviet hegemony ended, and the United States won.

Yes, but there is no direct contact with each other, so it is still relatively rare. And between Britain and the United States, Britain and France, there are still more British pit people, before Doolittle bombed Tokyo,The White House sent a commissioner to the Soviet Union for secret talks, hoping that the B-25 bomber could land in Vladivostok after bombing Japan, but in order to avoid falling into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, the Soviet Union signed the "Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Treaty" with Japan in April 1941Stalin did not want to offend Japan by cooperating with the US military. Therefore, the plan to land in the USSR was rejected.

But during the bombing, the No. 8 bomber was unable to hold up the coast of China, let alone the planned Quzhou airfield, because of the hole in the front windshield and the rapid fuel consumption, so it flew to the Soviet Union instead, and landed at an airfield 40 miles (65 kilometers) north of Vladivostok.

Under diplomatic pressure from Japan, the B-25 bomber was confiscated by the Soviet side, and five crew members including Captain York were seized, but the Soviet Union refused to hand over the detained personnel to the Japanese side.

After landing, the five Americans were held several times. In terms of diet, it was basically black bread and cabbage, just like the Soviet civilians, so the five people developed malnutrition, dysentery and other diseases one after another. By 1943, when the war had clearly turned for the better, the five crew members were transferred to Ashgabat, just 32 kilometers from the Iranian border, where they were introduced by a well-meaning Soviet officer to an Afghan, commonly known as a "smuggler," engaged in smuggling.

The smuggler often brought foreign food and black-market goods to Soviet officers, so he had a close friendship. The crew had a total of $300 in their pockets, so they paid the smuggler $250, and he successfully crossed the border with the five Americans, arriving at the nearby British Consulate on May 11, 1943. Then, with the help of British diplomats in Ashgabat, the five made their way to India, where they finally flew back to the United States in May 1943.

Declassified Soviet archives later revealed that behind the smuggler was actually the Intelligence Department of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (NKVD, the predecessor of the KGB)**. Because he was unwilling to provoke Japan by releasing the Americans, he first transferred the American pilots to Central Asia, where the Japanese intelligence network could not penetrate, and then sent ** to help escape from prison. In this way, the Americans "escaped" on their own, and the Japanese side found out and had nothing to say.

In World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union basically cooperated in the war against Japan and Germany. However, there are still some places where they do not cooperate in grabbing territory for their own spheres of influence, such as East Berlin, West Berlin, and the Berlin Wall.

Have. 1. In the early stage, Britain and the United States gave the Soviet Union sufficient support materials, and there was less tailwind in the back - as the main battlefield, the source materials obtained by the Soviet Union only accounted for 1 3 of the United States' foreign aid, while Britain, which had no war, accounted for 2 3.

2. The original purpose of the second battlefield was to relieve the pressure on the Eastern Front, but as a result, Britain and the United States "friendly forces were in trouble and did not move like a mountain", and the second battlefield plan was pushed back and forth, and the Normandy landing began only when the outcome of the Eastern Front was decided (after the Kursk stalemate, the victory or defeat of the Soviet-German battlefield had been decided, and the Soviet Union had the victory in hand, even if Germany could get the atomic bomb out, the Soviet Union could carry the losses and push Germany, and it was only Normandy at this time that it was basically a matter of snatching the fruits of victory).

Note: The atomic bomb was at most a matter of killing hundreds of thousands of people, and the production capacity of the United States back then was only 2-3, and tens of millions of people in the Soviet Union died.

3. The Soviet Union did not recognize Polish exile**. Poland was also in the sphere of influence of the Soviet Union, and Britain and the United States hoped to share the fruits of the Soviet Union's victory and establish a pro-British and American Poland, but the Soviet Union rejected it, and the two sides almost flipped the table.

Note: In Europe at that time, the tacit understanding between the two sides was who fought to whom (why am I tired of making you a wedding dress?) And the Polish exile ** wants to establish a state, which clearly violates this principle.

Much more. The United States and Britain delayed opening up the second battlefield, so that Su and Germany worked hard, seeing that Su was about to gain an advantage, and hurriedly came up to get a piece of the pie. Su looked at the Warsaw uprising supported by Britain and the United States and the United States, and watched it as soon as it was done, and then took over when it was done.

Of course. The Soviet side did not borrow the Vladivostok airfield and did not attack Japan in time. The US side did not land in Western Europe in time, and at the same time prevented the Soviet troops from entering Germany, and even bombed them by mistake.

There are not many mutual pitfalls, although each has its own careful thoughts, but the result is often to pit itself.

For example, in order to grab territory, Britain and the United States landed in Italy, but they could not break through the German defense line, which was very heavy.

Another example is that the Soviet Union, in order to monopolize the credit, attacked Berlin alone in advance, ** more than 300,000.

During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union cooperated, of course, there was a phenomenon of non-cooperation, after all, national interests and ideologies were different.

The first is that the Soviet Union asked Britain and the United States to fight against Germany at the first time of the war with Germany, forming a two-sided situation, but the United States was reluctant to participate in the war and only lent supplies.

The second was after the attack on the German mainland. Seeing that Germany was about to lose, the United States and the Soviet Union soon had a conflict of interest, so they both wanted to attack Berlin as soon as possible and expand their voice after the victory.

The Allies initially planned to drop paratroopers to Berlin, and Churchill believed that the capture of Berlin would improve the international standing of the United States and Britain after World War II, and advocated an Allied attack on Berlin, but finally canceled the plan. Because Eisenhower did not think it was necessary to sacrifice a city that would fall into Soviet hands after the war, and that it was unrealistic to carry out the plan by requiring a large number of troops and supplies.

Comrade, although the United States and the Soviet Union cooperated, they did not fight any battles together.

Interests come first, and they can be allies or enemies.

During World War II, the two sides formed an alliance to fight fascism together because of their common anti-fascist goals. However, after the war, the United States and the Soviet Union began to move towards confrontation due to the fundamental opposition of ideologies and the struggle for world hegemony. In 1947, the United States implemented the Marshall Plan to prevent the "communization" of Europe.

Out of confrontation, the Soviet Union threw out the "Council for Mutual Economic Assistance". The establishment of NATO in 1949 marked the beginning of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, and the establishment of the "Warsaw Pact" in 1955 marked the final formation of the bipolar pattern of the world. The Korean War in the 50s and the Korean War and the Vietnam War in the 60s and 70s were in fact regional conflicts in the context of the Cold War.

The lowest point in US-Soviet relations can be said to have occurred in 1962 during the "Cuban Missile Crisis", when the two sides were preparing for a large-scale nuclear war.

Before the 70s, because the Soviet Union had always been at a disadvantage economically and militarily, the United States had the upper hand, and the "Cuban Missile Crisis" in 1962 ended with the Soviet Union withdrawing its missiles, which illustrated the fact that the Soviet Union was still unable to compete with the United States in terms of overall strength. However, after Leonid Brezhnev came to power in the 70s, the Soviet Union largely caught up with the United States in military strength because the United States was mired in the Vietnam War. At that time, 1 out of every 3 scientists in the Soviet Union was working on missiles and tanks.

In the 80s, Reagan ** of the United States proposed the "Star Wars" program, which entered into a full-scale military competition with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, was finally brought down by the war in Afghanistan and the shortcomings of its own system, and announced its dissolution in 1991.

In general, the postwar relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union was one of wartime allies to rivals vying for hegemony. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the collapse of the bipolar pattern, this relationship disappeared.