*To what extent was the US responsible for the onset of the Cold War (up until 1953)?* Cold War fought through proxy wars Vietnam War Korean War Never actual fighting between US and USSR When does it begin? 1917 with birth of USSR? Tehran? First meeting and discussion of 2nd front led FDR to placate Stalin Yalta? Stalin promised free elections and renegated FDR gave into Stalin?s demands for territory near China End of War? Soviets annexed parts of Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Latvia and Romania Formed ?Eastern Bloc? End of War brought tensions USSR pushed into Germany and got to Berlin before the US Laid claim to that land Bolshevik Revolution 1917 threat to all capitalistic countries Our mission to stop spread of communistic ideas 1919 - Red Scare Palmer Raids :/