The arms race did not have an exact starting date. It grew out of the fear and mistrust between the Russians and the rest of the Allies at the close of World War II.
There are other examples of arms races throughout history, but the one that followed WW II was arguably the most significant owing to the fact that nuclear weapons were in the mix.
However the first real official signs of the start of arms race were in response to the first Morrocan crisis of 1905 when Germany began to assert itself more fully in the affairs of other European countries.
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The president during the arms race was Harry S. Truman - EMS Student
The nuclear arms race was the core of the cold war.
The thinking is if the race to gather destructive weapons was deterred then the arms race would be secondary and nations would stop.
its the dang atomic bomb
the arms race started because US wanted to get the most powerful bomb.
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What! There is a race of arms!
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the arms race started because US wanted to get the most powerful bomb.
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Before the end of WW2 when Stalin decided he needed the bomb too.
The Cuban missile crisis in the early 1960's.
The nuclear arms race began after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in August of 1945. This would effectively begin the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
how did the arms race lead to the end of the fall of the soviet union