Why did the grand alliance collapse

Question 1

What happened on august 6th 1945

Answer 1

The USA exploded an atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima

Question 2

What was released 9th august 

Answer 2

A second was released over Nagasaki

Question 3

What does some historians argue that USA could’ve done

Answer 3

Won the war against Japan without using nuclear weapons

Question 4

Why did USA use the atomic bomb

Answer 4

Appear stronger to the Soviet union
make Western Europe feel more secure about placing themselves under American protection rather than looking to reach an agreement with the Soviet Union
Made Truman more confident in making his desicions at Potsdam

Question 5

What was Stalin’s reaction to the atomic bombs

Answer 5

Immediately aimed to create a buffer zone of countries sympathetic to communism between Germany and the Soviet Union western borders
Soviet scientist were already working on their own version of the atomic bomb and was successfully tested in 1949

Question 6

Why did the bomb dramatically increased tensions in the Cold War

Answer 6

Made USA and Soviet Union more reluctant to go to war
MAD (Mutually assured destruction)
instead they entered the arms race to rival each other nuclear weapons