How did World War 2 lead to the Cold War?
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I would argue that the Cold War was a natural consequence of WWII. In WWII you have three primary players; ie. Liberal Democracy (US, UK, Canada, Asutralia, et al.), Fascism (Germany, Italy, Japan and Spain) and Communism (Soviet Union). At the end of the war, only Liberal Democracy and Communism remained (Franco's Spain not being large enough to be of 'global' consequence), so the temporary alliance between the two to defeat Fascism naturally broke down leading, quite naturally to the Cold War.

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"The bomb" was at the core of the Cold War. Everybody wanted that technology and when other countries enlisted the aid of spies to get information about the manufacture of nuclear devices, it led to concern about what would be done with that technology. Concerns grew as nations became more secretive and less willing to openly discuss their plans.

Leadership of the USSR believed that Communism would be far more productive than they ever were. They truly believed that they would be able to out-produce and thereby defeat the free world.

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