The 8th of May 1945 is an important date. Not only that is the day when the Second World War ended, but also it is the day in which Europe was divided in two zones. What determined this division was the communist doctrine. The US and the USSR were the two big nations, which 'saved' the world from the catastrophe of Nazism; also, they were the only countries, which were still 'active' after the world ended. …
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…Europe it was indirect, or implicit. Both America and Russia were suspicious of each other: no matter what decision Russia took, the US was always in alarm, and vice versa. Communism was seen as a threat to the West; however America could not intervene since Russia acted only in its own zone. The Hungarian protest in which students where killed because against the dictatorship. This situation did get worse, leading to the so-called Cold War.