ast two World Wars saw Russia beinginvaded through Poland, and they felt that this could simply not happen again, therefore,they wanted control so they could establish military and political defenses to any countrywanting to attack Russia. This, along with the same reasoning behind other EasternEuropean countries, including a separated Germany, became a major debate of the ColdWar where tensions almost lead to a war. Russia felt that the West should establish theirown capital in West Germany and let the Russians have Berlin, since Berlin falls in EastGermany, yet another major Eastern European conflict. This was more Russia’s fault forhaving such heavy tension in this area, but one can certainly understand where Russia iscoming from in wanting more control over this volatile region. On the other hand,breaking a promise to hold free elections, especially in a region where popular opinion isbelieved to would rather have a democracy is certainly an undeniable problem for bothsides of the Cold War. Hostility in Eastern Europe was unavoidable, especially with thelack of communication during the war over the plans on what exactly to do with this areaafter 1945.Other events that transpired in the beginnings of this long and potentiallydevastating Cold War was two documents in particular produced by the AmericanGovernment. With forced pressure from the interior government, Harry Truman and hisadministration took an aggressive stance on Communism, at any and all costs. The firstdocument was a speech by Harry Truman given in the spring of 1947. The document wasconsidered a Cold War Biproxy and has gone down in history as laying a foundation forforeign policy and is called the Truman Doctrine. The main goal for this was to back upanyone fighting Communist aggression. At any chances of stopping Communism fromspreading, the United States were prepared to stop any movement by Communistcountries into free countries throughout the world...
