The Cold War was a rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States that lasted for about forty-five years. The war began as a distrust between the two nations involving the United States concern of Soviet Union communism spreading and their leader‚ Joseph Stalin’s‚ rule. Numerous European and Asian countries were struggling in their fight against Soviet Union communism‚ including Greece and Turkey. President Harry Truman feared that the fall of Greece and Turkey to communism would lead to
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Rosalia Salinas History V04B Final Fall 2014 Immediately in the aftermath of WWII‚ the world was split into two opposing camps‚ the Western Bloc which consists of the U.S.‚ its NATO allies and some others and Eastern Bloc consist of the Soviet Union and their allies from the Warsaw Pact. Though they did not fight directly‚ there were major regional wars in Korea‚ Vietnam and Afghanistan that both sides supported; they were actively engaged in the Cold War. This war did not end until the USSR
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`Solidarity and its effect on the fall of European Communist Regimes The rise of the Polish Solidarity Trade Union in the 1980’s was historically significant because of its continued persistency for social change. Solidarity’s ability to develop and persevere through years of political oppression led to substantial changes within the Polish Government and its influence led to the eventual collapse of Eastern European Communist regimes. Although Hungary‚ Czechoslovakia‚ and East Germany would receive
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to budge in regards to the number of anti-ballistic missile sites the Soviet Union would have. Originally the US suggested that they should maintain four sites to the Soviet Union’s one and later reduced the number to two to one before finally settling on an agreement that would allow both parties to maintain the same number of anti-ballistic missile sites. The position of the US was clearly unfair considering that if the Soviet had agreed with their proposal‚ the US would have had the clear advantage
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weaponries could effectively boost the Soviet Union’s power‚ while in the same time‚ this action could threaten the U.S. with nuclear attack from the Caribbean. Khrushchev had gathered indisputable evidence that the U.S. held an overwhelming advantage over the Soviets in deliverable nuclear weapons. The Soviet Union felt uneasy and threatened as America’s strategic superiority continued to grow over time‚ leaving the Soviets behind. Therefore‚ if the Soviet Union brought surface-to-surface missiles
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they were the two strongest countries left after WW2. The Soviet Union was the country that provoked the Cold War by invading the surrounding countries to its west. According to document one three reasons why the Cold War was fought was because of Spheres of influence‚ Ideology‚ and Military factor. During WW2 both the Soviet Union and the West had fought together against Germany. But after the war the West decided that the Soviet Union couldn’t be trusted anymore. Remembering the Hitler-Stalin
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Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union from 1928 until his death in 1953. His use of terror to help the Soviet economy grow is today viewed by most historians as a brutal period in Russian history. However in today’s Russia the view of Stalin is actually very mixed. Surveys regularly show that only forty percent of Russians would absolutely not vote for Stalin if he were alive today. This is despite the fact that the Stalinist regime was responsible for the deaths of millions of people both in Russia
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When Stalin’s power hunger grew to be too strong he kills Lenin to assume absolute power in the Soviet Union. When this happens in the story the tone changes things begin to descend into darkness under the rule of Napoleon; just like it does in real life when Stalin takes over. Napoleon did atrocities to make sure no one would stand or go against him. Stalin did this by purging most of the Soviet Union of any undesirables and any political opponent he had. Under the rule of Napoleon everything begins
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fight a number of small wars and staying on guard against Soviet moves‚ and continuing the arms race which eventually became too costly for the Soviets and bankrupted them. When a victorious conclusion to the war with Germany seemed inevitable‚ Roosevelt‚ Stalin‚ and Churchill met at the Yalta Conference in February 1945. They made strategic plans to defeat Germany and began discussing crucial postwar issues. Stalin agreed that the Soviet Union would allow Poland‚ Bulgaria‚ and Romania to have free
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Nazi Germany and Stalin from the Soviet Union. Both of the two leaders share some similarities in their rule‚ for example they had total control of their countries. However‚ there are few differences between them as well. By examining the historical events‚ we can see that how Hitler and Stalin led Germany and Soviet Union to the top of world stage. Hitler rose to power in Germany while Stalin rose to power in the Soviet Union in 1920s‚ although the Soviet Union under Stalin stayed longer than Hitler’s
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