When did the Cold War actually start? (Short Animated Documentary)
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This video explores the difficulties of determining a definitive start date for the Cold War, examining pre-war tensions, ideological divisions, and post-WWII political events before concluding that no single start date exists.
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Answers: When did the Cold War actually start?
- Cold War origins
- Soviet-Western relations
- Bolshevik Revolution
- World War II alliances
- Geopolitical competition
What it concludes
- Choosing a definitive starting date for the Cold War is difficult because tensions and mistrust existed long before 1947.
- Events in 1947, such as the announcement of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, marked a permanent change in tone that led historians to commonly date the beginning of the Cold War to that year.
- Because the Cold War's origins are rooted in decades of prior manoeuvring and mutual distrust between communist and capitalist powers, an agreed-upon single starting date does not exist.
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