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What was the and what events caused it? is the term used to describe the intense rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of Communist and non-Communist nations. On one side were the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) and its communist allies that referred to as the Eastern bloc. On the other ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... vital to its national interest, including much of Eastern Europe. The Yalta Conference is often cited as the beginning of the . During the seven days of February 4 – 11, 1945, the Big Three – Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin – met in Crimea at the Lavidia Palace on the Black Sea. The main purpose of Yalta was the re-establishement of the nationas conquered and destroyed Germany. Poland was given back its independence and given its own natinal election in order to create a new, indepe ....