Over what country did the Cold War start?

Answer 1

The Cold War began as World War II was ending. American leaders saw the power and ambitions of the Soviet Union as a threat to our national security. The Cold War was a war of words and ideologies rather than a shooting war, although at times the Cold War turned “hot” as in Korea and Vietnam. Basically, the Cold War was a rivalry between the United States as leader of the western democracies, and the Soviet Union and the nations that were controlled by the communists. There is a good case for the location of the start of the Cold War in the Eastern European nations that the Soviet Army "liberated" from the Nazi Army and then failed to allow free elections, as promised by Stalin at Yalta. Also, when Germany was divided into four zones following the war, the Soviet Union refused to unite its zone with the other three resulting in the creation of East Germany (communist) and West Germany (democratic).

Answer 2

{| |- | The primary focus was on Germany. After World War 2, the US and Russia split responsibility for policing the remains of the 3rd Reich. That division was key in splitting the globe into two major factions. |}