Cold war

The? ?cold? ?war? ?was? ?an? ?political? ?war.? ?It? ?was? ?between? ?the? ?big? ?powers? ?in? ?the? ?world,? ?and? ?it was? ?Sovjet? ?union? ?and? ?United? ?states,? ?who? ?was? ?the? ?big? ?heads? ?in? ?the? ?war. The? ?cold? ?war? ?started? ?at? ?the? ?end? ?of? ?1945? ?and? ?towards? ?the? ?fall? ?of? ?the? ?“Berlin? ?Mauer”. The? ?conflict? ?was? ?between? ?the? ?most? ?powerful? ?country? ?at? ?that? ?time,? ?and? ?that? ?was? ?USA vs? ?Soviet? ?Union? ?with? ?their? ?allied. The? ?reason? ?why? ?it’s? ?called? ?“The? ?cold? ?war”? ?is? ?because? ?no? ?war? ?with? ?weapons,? ?but? ?only confrontation.? ?While? ?the? ?war? ?was? ?going? ?on,? ?there? ?could? ?be? ?many? ?damages,? ?like nuclear? ?war.? ?But? ?luckily? ?it? ?wasn’t? ?going? ?in? ?that? ?way. The? ?Marshall? ?Plan? ?was? ?an? ?American? ?aid? ?program? ?aimed? ?at? ?Europe,? ?launched? ?after World? ?War? ?II. The? ?plan? ?was? ?a? ?follow-up? ?with? ?support? ?of? ?financial? ?resources.? ?US? ?politicians? ?had? ?the view? ?that? ?economic? ?crisis? ?gave? ?birth? ?to? ?communism.? ?A? ?strong,? ?united? ?and reconstructed? ?Western? ?Europe,? ?on? ?the? ?other? ?hand,? ?would? ?be? ?a? ?military counterbalance? ?against? ?the? ?Soviet? ?Union,? ?and? ?weaken? ?the? ?influence? ?of? ?the communist? ?parties? ?in? ?the? ?individual? ?countries.? ?In? ?addition,? ?the? ?idea? ?of? ?Marshall? ?aid was? ?that? ?the? ?US? ?itself? ?could? ?avoid? ?an? ?economic? ?crisis? ?as? ?they? ?were? ?dependent? ?on trading? ?with? ?their? ?European? ?trading? ?partners.? ?There? ?was? ?thus? ?so-called interdependence? ?between? ?Europe? ?and? ?the? ?United? ?States. Therefore,? ?US? ?Secretary? ?of? ?State? ?George? ?Marshall? ?,? ?who? ?is? ?a? ?former? ?president offered? ?the? ?European? ?countries? ?financial? ?support? ?for? ?post-war? ?reconstruction? ?in? ?1947. Europe? ?had? ?major? ?problems? ?after? ?the? ?world? ?war,? ?like? ?production.