World War II and the Cold War The world was left unhappy after World War I and another war broke out‚ World War II. This was followed by yet another war‚ the Cold War. The aggression of European and Asian dictators led to war. These dictators were totalitarian dictators. Totalitarianism is a political system in which the government exercises complete control over its citizens’ lives. One of the most infamous dictators of all time‚ Adolf Hitler‚ was the despot of Germany. Hitler created Nazism
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I agree to a little extent that Stalin’s foreign policy was a major contributing factor to the emergence of the Cold War in the period 1945-50. Source S tells me that Stalin’s policies with regards to the military were ‘reactive and restrained’ and that he was constantly seeking peaceful coexistence with capitalism. This is in similarity with Source U where we are told that he was not pursuing expansionism –rather to ‘avoid confrontation with the West’ and wanted to cooperate with them. Source T
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The Versailles Treaty was a treaty that was made to create peace and was signed after WWI. The treaty said that Germany was totally responsible for the war and also blamed for starting it. The war caused a lot of damages and according to The Versailles Treaty‚ they needed to fix what they ruined. Of course the Germans didn’t agree with this treaty because they said it was unfair and too cruel. There were different punishments that the Germans had to suffer from. The punishments include taking away
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Germany were aggressive but their actions were not completely responsible for the outbreak of war‚ there were other causes for the war which Germany were not responsible for‚ such as the Triple of Entente where Germany felt isolated and insecure. However‚ the Schlieffen Plan of 1905 referred to in sources 1 and 2 is frequently seen as an act of aggression. In source 1 Corrigan says that “Germany had in place a plan for an aggressive war” because they were concerned of having to fight Russia and France
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Jubayer Ahmed Mr.Disiro period 8 Imagine a war without the use of weapons. The Cold War was a standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union without a use of arms (Nuclear Weapons and the Arms Race). It was a period of time with great resentment and pressure. Even though both sides never had a direct military confrontation‚ they engaged in “proxy wars” and threatened each other with nuclear annihilation (Nuclear Weapons and the Arms Race). For over forty years the Soviets and Americans
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Yalta Conference 1945 meeting between Big Three to determine post-war status of Germany and rest of world‚ but mostly Germany‚ resulted in division of Germany among them. Creation of UN to replace League of Nations. USSR promises to join war in pacific after Germany falls Harry S. Truman. President 45-53. Decisions made during his administration: Truman Doctrine‚ Marshall Plan‚ World Bank‚ Berlin Airlift‚ NATO‚ Point Four‚ Korean War‚ decision to drop atom bombs. Favored strong resistance to communism
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6 years when he launched the first attack to start World War II. World War II officially started when Germany invaded Poland in 1939; although related conflicts began earlier. Hitler was responsible for the murders of over 6 million European Jews‚ and great misfortunes for Germany; however‚ he knew how to be a good leader. Many people claim that he was the reason for the most destructive war in history. It is true; nonetheless‚ that he was a very intelligent ruler with good legislation‚ good military
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Who was more to blame for the cold war‚ the USA or the USSR? This Cold War has affected the world from 1945 until now. The blame lies on one of these two countries. I believe it is these party’s leaders who should be blamed for the cold war‚ not the countries. At the time‚ these two countries were on very precarious political and military terms‚ which were ready to fluctuate at any moment. These two countries had lead Europe to a standstill. The two‚ were in a dangerous state of political tension
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The Cold War The Cold War was "the struggle for global power between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War II" (History book‚ pg. 874). The Cold War began by controversial wants and needs from two different countries and several different "weapons" were used to fight this controversial war. The feuds eventually kept building up‚ greater and greater‚ resulting in one great war. Two countries‚ the United States and the Soviet Union both took part in fighting. According to the
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The cold war was marked by a conflict that spanned from 1947 to1991 involving subtle surveillance in the biggest cities of the world to violent battles in the tropical jungles of Vietnam. Its general ideas were for the United States to hinder the spread of communism or for the Soviet Union to expand their communist government. With this the cold war largely influenced the economic‚ revolutionary‚ and humanitarian aid of both rivaling nations for areas that suffered the most after World War II. Their
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