Compare And Contrast The Bay Of Pigs And The Cuban Missile Crisis
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3-2 Final Project Milestone One: Bay of Pigs and The Cuban Missile Crisis:
Blakely Funderburk
His 245
Southern New Hampshire University
Page 2 During the 1950s and 1960s America was both in hiatus on both the domestic and international front. The war had been won, and Germany and Japan had surrendered in 1945. It was a huge victory throughout the world. World War 2 was a victory not only to conquer the Nazi Germany regime, but the war had also brought the United States out of the Great Depression. The second Great War had paved the way to American suburban lifestyles, the baby boomer era, and the Interstate Highway Travel Act. In 1948, Eisenhower …show more content…
The Cold War was the longest drawn out war between the United States and the Soviet Union’s Kremlin. Almost every leader elected into Presidential office from the time that World War 2 had ended to the time of Nixon’s resignation were strong opponents of the communistic views of the Soviet Union’s Kremlin. The cold war was a race to stockpile advanced weaponry, nuclear war, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, space wars, and the fight over …show more content…
But to combat the Soviet Union’s desire to be a world leader and gain ultimate power the United States was left with no choice but to combat and mimic every attempt of military advancement of weaponry. Although the United States were the first to perfect the Fissure Bomb, the Soviet Union was the first to create a fissure bomb that they were actually able to transport and detonate their version of the bomb. The Soviet’s were able to successfully able to attach their bomb to a bomber jet and detonate the bomb on United States soil. This was a shock to the American people who felt that America was the most advanced and prosperous country on the planet. With the new information about the Soviet’s ability to deliver a weapon of mass destruction, President Truman was left to no other choice to begin the Nuclear Arms
3-2 Final Project Milestone One: Bay of Pigs and The Cuban Missile Crisis:
Blakely Funderburk
His 245
Southern New Hampshire University
Page 2 During the 1950s and 1960s America was both in hiatus on both the domestic and international front. The war had been won, and Germany and Japan had surrendered in 1945. It was a huge victory throughout the world. World War 2 was a victory not only to conquer the Nazi Germany regime, but the war had also brought the United States out of the Great Depression. The second Great War had paved the way to American suburban lifestyles, the baby boomer era, and the Interstate Highway Travel Act. In 1948, Eisenhower …show more content…
The Cold War was the longest drawn out war between the United States and the Soviet Union’s Kremlin. Almost every leader elected into Presidential office from the time that World War 2 had ended to the time of Nixon’s resignation were strong opponents of the communistic views of the Soviet Union’s Kremlin. The cold war was a race to stockpile advanced weaponry, nuclear war, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, space wars, and the fight over …show more content…
But to combat the Soviet Union’s desire to be a world leader and gain ultimate power the United States was left with no choice but to combat and mimic every attempt of military advancement of weaponry. Although the United States were the first to perfect the Fissure Bomb, the Soviet Union was the first to create a fissure bomb that they were actually able to transport and detonate their version of the bomb. The Soviet’s were able to successfully able to attach their bomb to a bomber jet and detonate the bomb on United States soil. This was a shock to the American people who felt that America was the most advanced and prosperous country on the planet. With the new information about the Soviet’s ability to deliver a weapon of mass destruction, President Truman was left to no other choice to begin the Nuclear Arms