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Assess the reasons why Britain and Russia were hostile towards one another, 1945-1953.
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Assess the reasons why Britain and Russia were hostile towards one another, 1945-1953. In the years 1945-1953, it is fair to say that Britain and the USSR were hostile towards one another. Many factors played their hand in the hostility of their relationship - particularly the two nations' differences coming to the fore with the problems over the divided Germany, the inevitable clash of ideas that had been on display in the early years of World War II and their mutual fear and distrust of different systems. Furthermore, Stalin's takeover of Eastern Europe and Britain's alliance with the USA and the presence of NATO looming over the USSR there was obviously going to be tension and possibly the two nations were only hostile towards one another as a means of warning the other as a means of defence. One of the main reasons for the hostility between these powers was their obvious...
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