Cold War Europe Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
period of European history 1945–1991
About Cold War Europe
—Winston Churchill, 5 March 1946 WhileWorld War IIby necessity had bound theSoviet Union, theUnited States, theUnited Kingdomand laterfree Franceinto an uneasy alliance, the lack of a common enemy after the war and different ideologies triggered a break between the Soviet Union on one side and the "Western allies" on the other. This break not only affected the politics between those countries, but also the treatment of the defeated Axis members and some neutral countries who had held sympathy for either side. While all four allies initially agreed to try the main war criminals inNurembergand "jointly" administer occupied Germany and Austria, the facade of a joint administration began crumbling as early as 1948, when Stalin decided to blockade WestBerlinand the British and Americans organiz
Cold War Europe Travel Guide Sections
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