After World War II Germany was divided into sections‚ with the section including Berlin belonging to communist controlled Soviet Union. Many nations‚ including America‚ had friends and family living in the city. These nations did not agree with the communist ideals of the Soviets‚ and wanted to make sure they were not being mistreated in the city. The Berlin Airlift is important to American history because it showed that Americans were not afraid to stand up to their former allies and aid their people
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Russian Roulette In October of 1962 over 80 million American’s lives were at risk. American President‚ John F. Kennedy‚ stepped up to the plate and proved that peace through strength is the best strategy in the situation at hand. Kennedy handled the extremely intense situation in 1962 with his transformational leadership skills‚ along with the powerful and attentive delegation process he used‚ and furthermore his expertise decision making abilities. Transformational leadership styles focus
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itself. France‚ sensing that after the invasion of Poland they would be next‚ were more ambitious in their efforts to refortify. An economic blockade was emplaced by the British and France‚ as the policy had worked to great effect in WWI‚ hoping that this would bring Germany and Hitler to their senses‚ it would not. The French knew‚ however‚ that the economic blockade would not work as the Soviet Union‚ as outlined under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact‚ were providing Germany with the materials that were being
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dropped‚ reducing the numbers of westerners passing. All of this was a sudden shock to the West‚ and the retaliated by threatening to trade embargo against East Germany. The soviets then responded by stating that the embargo would be met with another blockade within West
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Britain blockade this sea route because they wanted to cut the germans out from any form of supplies and resources‚ this made germany mad so they can attack back on britain by sinking all the ships that came in with all of the supplies for Britain this went on between
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invasion would have led to Cubans retaliating with ready short range nuclear weapons. The theory of brinksmanship and MAD (mutually assured destruction) did not seem to discourage or dissuade the Cubans‚ particularly Castro. JFK’s decision to merely blockade Cuba and seek diplomatic solutions with the USSR proved successful and minimized risk of danger‚ thus it was the best choice of action. Something had to be done in this situation‚ but there was‚ "no obvious or simple solution‚" (35). Throughout
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were trying to use this blockade as a means to take over all of Germany using this blockade. The western side believed that the actions of the soviets had to be beaten at all costs. The western side believed that the Russians could block land‚ railway and naval access they could not stop air. In June 1948 an airlift known as Operation Vittels which would last till May 1949 transported 2.35 million tonnes of supplies. This was achieved by flying supplies over the soviet blockade. Stalin was reluctant
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overwhelmed and worried about all of the work that is expected from me. I automatically started doubting myself and began constructing obstacles. I believe my personal goals as an UOP student can be achieved by carefully overcoming each of these blockades and barriers that I might face by learning and developing proper techniques to deal with them. My personal development plan is based on analyzing my personality and identifying my strengths and weakness. Based on the answers from the personality
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“Who was more to blame for the origins and development of the Cold War in Europe: Stalin or Truman?” The cold war was a period of intense antagonism between the two superpowers- the United States and the Soviet Union‚ lasting from 1945-1991. Both leaders‚ Stalin and Truman‚ had a huge role to play in the cold war‚ but ultimately‚ it was Stalin who was more to blame for the origins and development of the cold war in Europe. Stalin’s foreign policy tended to be expansionist‚ as can be seen
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can establish and retain a state of ‘Total War’ inevitably leads to victory. In World War 1‚ the allied forces ability to achieve this resulted in their success. The production of munitions and American funding‚ resource allocation and the British Blockade‚ gave the allies a clear advantage on the home front. The utilization of the superior weaponry and manpower as well as improved tactics on the battlefront gave the allies an upper hand in this war of attrition. The final loss of German morale on
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