The Cold War was an ongoing battle between the US and the USSR. They were allies in WWII, but there was a lot of tension between the two. The USSR believed they did most of the dirty work and they also lost the most people in WWII, but the US got most of the credit. To put it into perspective:
- Japan had over 1.5 million combat deaths and 900,000 civilian deaths
- Germany had 3 million combat deaths
- Great Britain had 370,000 combat deaths
- The US had 270,000 combat deaths
- The USSR had 13 million combat deaths.