When the 3rd Reich fell and left the western allies with half of Germany and Russia with the other half divided right down the middle of Berlin at the conclusion of the Yalta conferences, tensions between the two allied factions had started to grow during the race for Berlin and became more and more apparent during Yalta negotiations. Stalin wanting the eastern European states as buffers for mother Russia’s security and was not willing to give up his strangle hold on his piece the German capitol as punishment for its incursion on the eastern front. Nor were the allies going to demilitarize or back off there portions of Germany, like so many children squabbling for candy pouring out of a piñata. The Berlin wall was erected and became a real frontline for intelligence and conventional military forces and symbolic front of western capitalism versus eastern communism. The Wall went up and communications between the western allied powers and Russia became less and less friendly. Tensions and paranoia across the wall grew deeper leading the Cold War to spawn The Arms Race. The Arms Race lead to the Space Race which lead to the technology boom which we are benefiting from today. Was the Cold War unavoidable? Could it have been avoided if different personalities had lead the various factions at Yalta? Perhaps, However capitalist and communist ideology like Muslims and Christians before them would have clashed on the world stage at some point, if not at the end of