During the Cold War period there was a conflict between the Communist nations led by the Soviet Union and the democratic nations led by the United States. The United States and the Soviet Union represented two opposing government systems. One of the direct threats to the citizens of America was the possibility of a nuclear war because of the two bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ evidence existed to show how horrible a full-blown nuclear exchange would possibly erupt. This began because Cuba
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What is the reason behind the peace between the United States and the U.S.S.R. during the cold war? How were their relations and reasons for peace different from that of second-tier powers such as Japan? The United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics emerged as the two most powerful nations in the aftermath of World War II. After five years of fighting the Germans‚ the soviet nation was more powerful than ever‚ and Joseph Stalin wanted to continue their rise to power and become the
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According to the Australian War Memorial‚ “Over 30‚000 Australian servicemen were taken prisoner in the Second World War and 39‚000 gave their lives.” The treatment of POWs during the WW2 varied extremely depending on race‚ country they were prisoner to‚ morals and numerous other varying factors. The Geneva Conventions were set in order to control and maintain the same level of treatment for all POWs‚ they were international agreements created in Geneva‚ Switzerland. The Conventions place restrictions
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World War II ended September second in 1945 and about two years later in 1947 the Cold War started in which many things came to be. Some of those things can be considered advanced‚ while others can be considered bad and slowed down the development of the global world. The cold war brought political and military tension between powers within the West and powers within the East. The Cold War created new technologies like aircrafts and wind tunnels‚ the spread of diseases‚ fighting and terrorism within
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World War I is known as the most deadliest conflict in history and was declared by‚ George Kennan. During the war‚ their was a total number of forty-one million military and civilian casualties; there were eighteen million deaths and twenty-three million people wounded. This war effected many innocent lives and people. During the war‚ a total of twelve million letters were delivered to the frontline every week. The families sent those letters to the soldiers to try and stay in touch with them. Families
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The Cold War was a conflict between two superpower countries of the world at the time‚ the United States‚ which is democratic‚ and the Soviet Union‚ which was communist. The Cold war started after World War II ended and lasted for 45 years. There weren’t military or direct forces used in the war. The war was basically two countries taunting each other to fight but was too scared to used nuclear weapon for fear of destroying the world. It was a war fought indirectly for power and control of the world
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The Cold War is often thought of a war only between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States of America‚ however that is not the case. There were proxy wars in countries like Vietnam‚ Korea and Pakistan. The Cold War itself is a complicated subject that was seen as “good (capitalism)” vs. bad (communism)”‚ which in itself was a bad idea that wouldn’t allow for a case by case analysis of the conflicts around the world. But in a time of “Domino Theory”‚ President Eisenhower’s
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The Second World War was the most widespread and deadliest war in history‚ involving more than 30 countries and resulting in more than 50 million military and civilian deaths. However‚ sometimes people often think that there are multiple causes for the second world war. I believe Dictators are to be blamed for the cause of second world war because of aggressive acts‚ ideas of creation‚ and multiple occurrences of invasion. Initially‚ dictators are to blame for world war 2 is the things they "created"
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What are the main origins of the Cold War and why? (500 words) Nancy The Origins of the Cold War are widely regarded to the relationships between the Soviet Union and the allies (the United States‚ Great Britain and France) during the period of 1945–1947. Those events led to the Cold War which lasted for over half century. The first origin must be the beginning of Russian Revolution. In WWI‚ the US‚ Britain‚ and Russia had been allies until the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia
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Changes in Britain as a result of the First and Second World Wars War is a state of armed hostility between nations or parties within a nation and usually occurs as a result of a disagreement. It is a locomotive of history because it is a catalyst to change‚ forcing people to adjust their daily routines and lifestyles in the short term and quite usually in the long term too‚ as well as innovating technology and weaponry. After the Second World War‚ between 1945 and 1951‚ Clement Attlee of the
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