Answer: The two countries changed from being friendly allies to being fierce rivals.
In what way did the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union change after World War II?

Soviet Union–United States relations - Wikipedia

Russia–United States relations - Wikipedia

Soviet Union–United States relations - Wikipedia

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The relations between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991) succeeded the previous relations between the Russian Empire and the United States from 1776 to 1917 and precede today's relations between the Russian Federation and the United States that began in 1992. Full diplomatic relations between both countries were established i…

The relations between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991) succeeded the previous relations between the Russian Empire and the United States from 1776 to 1917 and precede today's relations between the Russian Federation and the United States that began in 1992. Full diplomatic relations between both countries were established in 1933 late due to the countries' mutual hostility. During World War II both countries were briefly allies. At the end of the war the first signs of post-war mistrust and hostility began to appear between the two countries escalating into the Cold War; a period of tense hostile relations with periods of détente.

Pre-World War II relations 1917–1932 After the Bolshevik takeover of Russia in the October Revolution Vladimir Lenin withdrew Russia from the First World War allowing Germany to reallocate troops to face the Al…

Pre-World War II relations 1917–1932 After the Bolshevik takeover of Russia in the October Revolution Vladimir Lenin withdrew Russia from the First World War allowing Germany to reallocate troops to face the Allied forces on the Western Front and causing many in the Allied Powers to regard the new Russian government as traitorous for violating the Triple Entente terms against a separate peace . Concurrently President Woodrow Wilson became increasingly aware of the human rights violations perpetuated by the new Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and opposed the new regime's atheism and advocacy of a command economy . He also was concerned that Marxism–Leninism would spread to the remainder of the Western world and intended his landmark Fourteen Points partially to provide liberal democracy as an alternative worldwide ideology to Communism. However President Wilson also believed that the new country would eventually transition to a progressive free-market democracy after the end of the chaos of the Russian Civil War and that intervention against Soviet Russia would only turn the country against the United States. He likewise advocated a policy of noninterference in the war in the Fourteen Points although he argued that the former Russian Empire s Polish territory should be ceded to the newly independent Second Polish Republic . Additionally many of Wilson's political opponents in the United States including the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Henry Cabot Lodge believed that an independent Ukraine should be established. Despite this the United States as a result of the fear of Japanese expansion into Russian-held territory and their sup… Read more on Wikipedia

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