World War II, events were in fact shaped largely by relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
a) relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Explanation:
The relations between the United states and the soviet union was shaped by different factors like political, ideological and economic. These differences led to unpleasant rivalry and shift in the superpowers.
The major conflict of ideas in the political aspect kept them away from reaching a point of mutual understanding.Initially, United states was very supportive of soviet union also provided many famine reliefs and supported other ideologies.
But after WWI the soviet union became aggressive and the relation between the two changed when the superpower conflict arose.