<span> Started with a religious conflict between Catholics & Protestants in today’s Germany. </span>
<span>Later,
the major European powers interfered. They claim to help the “oppressed
Catholics/ Protestants” but they have other agendas such as greed, or
fear of the gains old enemies might achiever, etc.
So mainly religious conflict, European powers >.< thats all i found over this subject :)
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Reagan pushed Cold War tensions and military spending--his rhetoric convinced Americans there was still a serious threat from the USSR and therefore justified an increase to military spending which forced the USSR to respond contributing to their economic decline and eventual collapse.
