The deterioration of Soviet-American relations was the combined result of the mistrust between both sides and the inconsistent American foreign policy resulting from the replacement of Franklin D. ... Much of the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union stemmed from a general mistrust between each side. ... First, it would remove some of the burden from the Red Army, which until then had done the vast majority of fighting against the German forces. ... One of the primary reasons the Western nations were so determined to wrestle Eastern and South-Eastern Europe back from the clut...

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