January 2012 How important was Berlin to the development and outbreak of the Cold War‚ 1945-1961? The first period of time we need to look at is the year of 1945‚ when the Second World War ended. This was also the year when the Yalta‚ in February 1945‚ and the Potsdam Conference‚ in July 1945‚ was hold in order to discuss certain problems and plans that occurred or should have been done after the end of war. The tensions‚ which had lead to the beginning of the Cold War started to emerge more intensively
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August of 1945‚ World War II finally came to an end. After six years of fighting‚ most of the world was left in ruins‚ debt‚ and overall devastation. As the world fell apart‚ so did the relationships forged during the war. The differing ideas of how the world postwar should be between the United States and the Soviet Union caused major tension and mistrust. “The Cold War first emerged over clashing Soviet and American interest in Eastern Europe” (Roark‚ pg 713) The Cold War was fought from 1947 to
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economic philosophy. In a communist economy‚ the government owns most of the firms‚ subsequently controlling production and allocation of resources. One of the most well-known and well-documented cases of a communist government took place in the Soviet Union‚ beginning in 1917 and eventually falling in 1992. Idealistically‚ communism eliminates social classism and provides equal work for all in a particular society. The government appoints a central planning board to “determine production goals
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Why did the Soviet Union intervene in Hungary and not Poland in 1956? ‘Given the growing sense of national euphoria sweeping eastern Europe in 1955-1956‚ a full-scale decolonisation of the Soviet Empire was not considered beyond the bounds of geopolitical possibility’. The decision of the Soviet Union to invade Hungary in 1956‚ whilst acknowledging the need to control events in Poland‚ came about through a myriad of complex reasons as well as the collapse of the old Hegemony‚ following Krushchev’s
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Katie Bruner Block 3 Cold War Outline 1. 1945-A Critical Year- a) Roosevelt met with Stalin and Churchill at Yalta to work out the future of Germany and Poland. They agreed on the division of Germany into American‚ British‚ French‚ and Soviet occupation zones. b) The League of Nations‚ founded at after WW1‚ had failed largely because the United States refused to join. This time‚ policymakers got congressional support for the UN. 2. Conflicting Postwar Goals- a) Tensions over Poland
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Mr. Meuller United States History- 8th 14 May 2011 Struggles with North Korea The United States has had many problems regarding North Korea both‚ during the cold war and post-cold war. They have been the longest standing adversary to the United States‚ and are the victims of countless U.S sanctions and diplomatic agreements. The first problems with North Korea start post world war two when the Korean Peninsula was split in two. The Soviet Union‚ arch enemy of the United States‚ was stationed in
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The coming of the American Civil War was a complex conflict that cannot be easily explained‚ yet can simply be summed up in the word “differences”. During this time period major differences can be seen in the ways blacks were viewed versus the position of whites in society. This sets up the institution of slavery‚ ultimately leading to the Civil War. Additionally‚ significant differences are seen between the North and South who had opposing lifestyles and views of slavery. Vastly conflicting beliefs
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Why the Cold War never became hot Despite of some serious crises‚ the Cold War never resulted into a Third World War. Although cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union was the main reason‚ there were other reasons to why it never resulted into another world war. The end of the Second World War resulted in the separation of Europe. Western Europe was under strong influence by the United States and capitalism‚ while Eastern Europe was under strong influence by the Soviet Union
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The Vietnam War was a conflict between Northern Vietnam‚ who held communists beliefs‚ and Southern Vietnam who opposed communism. In an attempt to combat communism globally‚ the United States of America formed an alliance with Southern Vietnam. The war initiated when‚ "the Vietnamese waged an anti-colonial war against France‚ which received $2.6 billion in financial support from the United States. The French defeat at the Dien Bien Phu was followed by a peace conference in Geneva."(1) This anti-colonial
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Inevitability of the Cold War In the aftermath of the Second World War the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as leading superpowers‚ and while peoples of the world were ready for peace‚ the Americans increasingly saw its relation with the its former wartime ally become tenser. As a result‚ nothing dominated American foreign policy more in the post war years than the question of European reconstruction in order to counter any soviet ambitions. Before the Korean War in 1949 the Cold War avoided entering
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