Why was the U.S. mad at Russia after World War II ended?

The United States was very unhappy with the Soviet Union after World War II ended. The United States and Great Britain had made some agreements with the Soviet Union regarding what would happen after World War II ended. The Soviet Union didn’t follow many of these agreements.

One agreement that was made dealt with Poland. There were supposed to be free elections in Poland after World War II ended. The purpose of this was to allow some members of the pre-war Polish government to be involved in the post-war Polish government. The new government established in Poland after World War II had few members of the pre-war government in it. It also appeared that there were no free elections held.

The Declaration of Liberated Europe was another agreement that was made. The agreement stated that countries would be free to determine the kind of government they wanted to have. Yet, the King of Romania said he was pressured to have a communist government.

There also was a problem with reparations. The Soviet Union wanted reparations from Germany. However, President Truman didn’t support this idea. Eventually, the Soviet Union accepted limited German reparations if we accepted the Soviet-proposed border between Poland and Germany.

After World War II, we began to feel we couldn’t trust the Soviet Union.