COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Question
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The Soviet Union already had an atomic bomb.
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The United States did not trust the Soviet Union.
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The Allies would have been against its development on moral grounds.
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Scientists were unsure if they would be successful.
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Detailed explanation-1: –President Truman had been right to fire General MacArthur. Why did the United States not share the plan to develop the atomic bomb with the Soviet Union during World War II?-The United States did not trust the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: The Soviet Union’s proclaimed goal was worldwide communism. Due to this, there had been no trust from the start between the two countries.
Detailed explanation-3: -Postwar Soviet expansionism in Eastern Europe fueled many Americans’ fears of a Russian plan to control the world. Meanwhile, the USSR came to resent what they perceived as American officials’ bellicose rhetoric, arms buildup and interventionist approach to international relations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Truman stated that his decision to drop the bomb was purely military. A Normandy-type amphibious landing would have cost an estimated million casualties. Truman believed that the bombs saved Japanese lives as well. Prolonging the war was not an option for the President.