off western Berlin from Eastern Berlin. It continued like this for almost 30 years until it opened in 1989 and started to be demolished in 1990. The wall included guard towers which were placed along large concrete walls‚ which surrounded a large area (which would later be known as the ‘death strip’). This area contained many other defences to prevent any passing through. The wall served a purpose to stop the mass emigration that plagued East Germany and the communist eastern bloc after the Second
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ideologies and mutual distrust between the two nations led to the beginning of cold war. Both tried to spread their influence and divided the world into two hostile groups. The western European countries came under the influence of America while the eastern European countries came under the sway of communist Russia. This was a state of extreme unfriendliness‚ although no actual war was fought. During this period‚ both the superpowers formed various military alliances such as NATO‚ SEATO‚ CENTO‚ Warsaw
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Europe‚ originating with Greece and Rome‚ but spread soon after this and now includes many different countries. However‚ it is vague where the eastern world or the ‘rest’ starts‚ as some eastern European countries are not considered to be in the ‘western world’. There are also anomalies‚ such as Japan‚ Singapore‚ Taiwan and South Korea which are all eastern countries but are considered to be in the west because of their economic‚ political and military links to Western Europe and the USA. Latin America
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the Soviets laid claim to much of Eastern Europe and the Northern half of Korea. They also attempted to occupy Japanese northernmost island of Hokkaido and lent logistic and military support to Mao Zedong in his efforts to overthrow the Chinese Nationalist forces. Tensions between the Soviet Union and the Western powers escalated between 1945–1947‚ especially when in Potsdam‚ Yalta‚ and Tehran‚ Stalin’s plans to consolidate Soviet control of Central and Eastern Europe became manifestly clear. On
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The Cold War united Europe against Russia and subsequently was a catalyst in European integration during the period of the 1940’s until the early 1990’s. At the end of World War II there was a call for a united‚ peaceful Europe which aligned itself with neither the United States nor the totalitarian USSR. Europe started to become more integrated with the desire for peace‚ evident in the Stockholm Appeal which called for a ban on nuclear weapons worldwide. This was only one movement within Europe
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non-aligned group included countries that did not want to be tied to either thе West or thе East. As thе Second World War neared its conclusion‚ thе future of Eastern Europe became а point of contention between thе Soviet Union аnd its Western allies. Thе Soviet Union was determined to install "friendly" regimes throughout Eastern Europe following thе War. Thе Western democracies‚ led by thе United States‚ were determined to stop thе spread of communism аnd Soviet power. Harry Truman was thе
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Fulton‚ Missouri‚ on 5 March 1946‚ Winston Churchill‚ England’s Prime Minister‚ spoke the famous words‚ “An Iron Curtain has descended across Europe.” These words were said before an actual 1‚000 mile long fence was erected to divide the communist Eastern side of Europe from the Capitalist Western side. The west knew that Stalin could not be trusted after he lied at the Yalta conference in 1945. After Germany was defeated‚ Russia wanted to attack Japan‚ but behind Russia’s back‚ the U.S. and Great
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domestic flights which are also affected thousands of people stranded in every port nearby Visayas. Typhoon Haiyan devastatingly united with strong winds as it made a landfall to the provinces of Visayas especially in the eastern part it. The Super Typhoon has sustained winds of 315kph and moves 195mph; it is probably the cyclone that is the strongest above all of the storms recorded in the world history so far. So that the super typhoon Haiyan was categorize to Category
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The aftermath of World War II had left Europe devastated. After the end of the war in 1945 USSR‚ USA‚ France and Britain‚ had decided to occupy and rebuild land in Europe. Poland‚ Romania‚ Czechoslovakia and the eastern half of Germany were occupied by the Soviet troops‚ while the Americans‚ British‚ and France occupied the other half. The two superpowers‚ USA and USSR‚ had very different plans of how they wanted Europe to be rebuilt. The United States wanted Europe to be rebuilt with a Democratic
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capture Nagy. Did Khrushchev have a choice at this point? Khrushchev didn’t want other Eastern European countries to be influenced by Hungary‚ in their attempt to start a revolution‚ and leave the Warsaw Pact. In order for Khrushchev to show Eastern European nations he was still in power‚ he had no other choice but to fight the Hungarian rebels in order to discourage another revolution. The USSR was using Eastern European countries as factories‚ so that they would maintain a strong economy‚ and that
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