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Soviet Union:

Experiences During War: Suffered more casualties in World War II than any other Allies. Lost aproximately 7.5 million soliders. About 19 million civilians were killed and 25 million refugees were left homeless.

Emotions After War: Feared invasion from the West.

Needs After War: Gaining military and political control of Eastern Europe-way of creating a buffer from further attack.

United States:

Experiences During War: 405,000 soliders died during war, with no civilian casualties. This got the US out of the Depression and almost half of all the goods and services produced in the world came from the US.

Emotions After War: Feared totalitarian regimes that imposed their own systems on otherwise free and independent nations.

Needs After War: Contain communism was a diplomatic compromise between going to war again and stopping the Soviets from gaining any more power in the world that they already had.