World War II was the most barbaric and devastating war in human history, and Europe was converted into a devastated continent with unemployment high and a shortage of basic goods such as food, electricity and fuel. In France and Italy there was widespread popular discontent with poverty, food shortages and lack of basic necessities and people began to seek communism as a possible solution to their problems and there was broad support in France and Italy for the communist parties. By the end of World War II, the major European powers were weakened after more than 60 million deaths in 6 years of fighting in World War II, and there remained two superpowers in the world, the United States of America and the USSR, who fought together as allies to win. Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) was a vast area covering 1.6 of the planet's land surface, it was a federal state under a communist regime and ruled by a single party. The United States of America was a liberal democracy based on capitalism and with a military system (the only country with atomic weapons) and also had the strongest industry and economy in the world. Both powers are trying to sell their influence in Europe to the United States under their Truman Doctrine and Marshal Plan, while the USSR wanted to protect its borders and establish a pro-Soviet government in liberal countries. And Europe was divided into two blocs, the Western bloc and the Eastern bloc. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get the original essay The Truman Doctrine is named after former President Harry S. Truman who delivered his speech to Congress on 12, 1947, at a time when the world was divided into two blocs and at the end of the World War, had given the world two superpowers. As we know the Cold War was fought between USSR and USA, it was a war between two ideologies of communism and capitalism, United States of America promoted capitalism and USSR promoted communism, so right after the end of World War II, these two superpowers indirectly clashed. Harry S. Truman's speech was based on a political statement regarding the situation at the time. This speech became the Truman Doctrine and the historian often says that Harry S. Truman's speech was the official declaration of the Cold War. The main point of Harry S. Truman's speech was military assistance and economic aid to Greece and Turkey to fight communism. Additionally, Harry S. Truman openly announced that the United States would send military and economic aid to countries whose political stability was threatened by communism. The Truman administration believed that both nations, Greece and Turkey, were threatened by communism. In Greece, rivals had been fighting against the Greek royal government since the end of World War II. And Greece was ruled by a monarchy and communist rivals were trying to overthrow the monarchical government and establish a communist government. In Turkey, the Soviets demanded some form of control over the territory of Dadanils from which Turkey was able to dominate strategic waterways from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. The USSR therefore put pressure on Turkey to give it a military base and a right of transit through the Turkish straits. So it was a great opportunity for the United States to take responsibility.