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    In 1961‚ a wall divided the city of Berlin‚ Germany. People crowd the streets begging for food. Armed guards keep the crowd under control. Chaos ensues the scene. This was a pivotal time in the Cold War between democracies and communist governments‚ particularly the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War caused the two major powers to clash‚ leaving people in fear of a nuclear war. U.S. officials had the near impossible task of predicting the endeavors of Nikita Khrushchev‚ the leader

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    Event that led to the Cold War There were many events that took place after World War 2 that set in motion the Cold War and continued creating tension. Many of these events involved many countries and/ or their support either financially or with military personal. The main focus of the Yalta conference was to plan the post war world. In other words‚ Roosevelt‚ Churchill‚ and Stalin met and planned what they would like to happen after the war was over. Germany invaded Poland‚ their government

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    During World War II‚ the United States and the Soviet Union were allies. After the war the two countries emerged as the two most powerful countries in the world. Although the world war ended‚ it was not a clean ending. Iron-willed Stalin wanted a postwar settlement that would guarantee the Soviet Union’s security and future. He wanted parts of Poland and Finland and the Baltic states. With Eastern Europe‚ the Soviet Union would have a buffer against future aggression from the West‚ colonies for rebuilding

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    The fall of the Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall symbolized the Cold War in Germany. Before the wall was created in Berlin‚ people could freely cross the East and western borders in Germany. Once the Wall was created cities‚ people‚ and the world were separated‚ tearing apart families and friends for decades. However‚ there would be a series of events that lead to the people to rebel‚ creating the historic moment. Once the wall was destroyed‚ the people from east and west Germany were reunited‚ causing

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    Which was more important in developing the Cold War‚ the Berlin Crisis or the Korean War? The Berlin Blockade and airlift were important for the development of the Cold war because it was one of the first crises which happened during the Cold War. The Berlin Blockade changed many people’s lives in West Berlin as the Soviets had blocked food supplies‚ energy supplies and gas to West Berlin by closing all roads and railways. This lead to the USA and Britain having to supply West Berlin by sending airplanes

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    The Cold War started around the time of the end of World WarII (1945) and went on until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1991. Karl Marx‚ a German revolutionary‚ was critical of the societies of Europe and the US. He believed because they were dominated by capitalism‚ that they werenʼt for the masses‚ but for the individual. Well‚ thatʼs what communism is based on‚ but corruption has a way of bleeding in. Stalin and WWII Under Stalinʼs rule‚ the Soviets diverted resources to their military and

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    devastation and bitterness” Mikhail Milstein: Lieutenant-general of Military Intelligence (GRU) spy Marshal Georgizhukov: Led troops into Berlin‚ paraded on horse. Stalin says “screws.. without whom all of us would not be worth a damn”... then sends him in to exile Andrei Gromyko: Soviet Ambassador to Washington (1943-1945) “Stalin oriented towards post war cooperation with the West (US)” (39) Maxim Litvinov: Russian revolutionary diplomat. Jew and old Bolshevik‚ he hated the rigidity and

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    There were quite a few significant events that led up to the Revolutionary War. The Americans relied on the British Empire to turn there raw product into sellable goods but they became so fed up with all the taxes they had to pay and all the rules the royal government was imposing on them. The Americans were getting tired of the British pushing them around and trying to dictate their lifestyle. The Americans became frustrated and disgruntled when they imposed all their acts on them such as the

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    People saw the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan as one of the final crucial events in the cold war.1 It was Dec of 1979‚ when the Soviets 40th army invaded Afghanistan. At the time‚ America was charming countries like Pakistan‚ Israel‚ and others‚ therefore Russia sought to spread their reign of Communism throughout Afghanistan. It all started when the PDPA (Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan) which was a communist party that had close ties with Soviet Russia‚ was close to being vanquished so

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    Cold War Essay What do you think the Cold War is/was? Was it a war between communism and democracy? Well the Cold War was a war between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism while the United States wanted to spread democracy. The Cold War was called Cold because there was not direct fighting between the two countries the Soviet Union and the United States. The two countries only fought proxy wars against each other‚ the definition for a proxy war

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