The War Of The Cold War - 1515 Words

Following World War two it was the beginning of a new era between the Soviet Union and the United States of America both engaged in the Cold War. With Europe divided, there were major difficulties with creating stability politically and through the economy. As a consequence of the war the Allies created the United Nations which attempted to avoid a third world war eliminating the further risk of war between European countries which had twice in the same century already created two world wars. During 1946, Winston Churchill the former British Prime Minister, gave a speech calling for a â€Å"We must build a kind of United States of Europe† which gave an enormous impact and gave â€Å"important credibility to the federalist movements, despite the†¦show more content†¦Firstly, it is going to look at how post-war integration started through the prevention of war and to create peace throughout the European States. Secondly this essay will discuss the economic changes and influence it had on creating a political union. Then it will discuss how this created political unity along with how it affected integration and finally created the European Union. While lastly coming to a final conclusion as to what motivated integration after the war. Firstly, the main factor towards European Integration after World War II was to keep peace between neighbouring states within Europe and to prevent war. After the war in 1945 there remained an ongoing tension between the Allied and the Axis powers as well as the dominance of the Russians in the East. Along side Berlin now being divided into four zones influenced by the US, France, Britain and the Soviet Union. This meant that other nations such as Poland, East German and Romania had no control and the continent was more divided than ever before with â€Å"The idea of the all-powerful nation state had been discredited and the key players of the mainland; namely France and Germany, were keen to build closer relations.† Carleton shows that â€Å"World War II was more brutal, and bloodier than anyone who survived the Great War could have imagined. The Second World War caused the deaths of around 60 million soldiers and civilians† along with 6 million Jews providing subsequent evidence for the need for