Question

12. Who was primarily responsible for the Cold War - the United States or the Soviet Union? Explain your hypothesis using evidence from at least 2 of the Documents (A - D) to support your thoughtsDid your answer change from your first hypothesis ? Why or why not? (must be two full paragraphs) (25 points)

Answer 1

Answer:

Neither, technically

Explanation:

In my opinion, it was actually Germany who started the Cold War. I know that sounds weird, but hear me out.  After the end of World War II, the allied powers divided Germany and Berlin  for themselves. Meanwhile the Soviets would establish Communist dictatorships in Eastern Europe. Germany was the first place that the powers engaged against, with the West uniting their parts of germany into the Republic of West Germany, while in the East, the Soviets created East Germany.
Germany was the real contester that both the Soviets and the West wanted. Now obviously this kind of proves that the USSR started the whole thing. Most people are biased against the USSR, and I can see their point. However the US was the first to back the proxy wars, with the Greek Civil War and the tensions in turkey, thus lighting the fire for the chaos to come

So who actually started it? Depends on who you ask.