In 1945, delegates from fifty countries, formed a global league that they named a United Nations. The charter’s mission wanted human rights, equal rights for men and women and to promote social progress for larger freedom. After WWII, America was rich and productive, and Russia was destroyed but they had the biggest army in the world; they also reached out to other smaller countries, making sure they bordered off Germany completely. The West and the East of Germany were fighting for power, centering around Berlin, the allied victors split Germany into 4 zones. This quickly turned into a controversy, Russia governed East Berlin and the allied governed West Berlin. In 1948, the Western powers wanted to rebuild western Germany and block out Russia
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Then in 1961, the East and West war arose again, this time Khrushchev wanted the western powers all out of West Berlin, but this ended badly and the congress had to increase the U.S forces, however they had the support from the NATO. The Russians decided to build a barbed wire fence along West Berlin’s boundary and later replaced it with a concrete barricade, this was the Berlin Wall which was the symbol of the cold war. Throughout the war everything was going back and forth, weapon advances switched between the U.S and Russia. Even though they were fighting, neither of them were sending their nuclear bombs because they were scared of what was going to come. In 1962, Cuba joined in on this battle, Fidel Castro won a revolution and many Cubans fled to America while Castro moved closer to the Russians, claiming he was a communist. The U.S. tried invade cuba but the soldiers were too poorly trained and was taken down. The Russians at this time said they would help Cuba if the US tried to invade again. This became the home base for Russia’s nuclear weapons. JFK was scared that if he didn’t show that he was doing something about the missiles that it was sketchy, but if spoke about the nuclear bombs, this would result into a nuclear war. Cuba and the US made an agreement agreeing to “take out his missiles if America would promise not to invade Cuba again” (406). Both of them did not obey these rules and they produced more
Then in 1961, the East and West war arose again, this time Khrushchev wanted the western powers all out of West Berlin, but this ended badly and the congress had to increase the U.S forces, however they had the support from the NATO. The Russians decided to build a barbed wire fence along West Berlin’s boundary and later replaced it with a concrete barricade, this was the Berlin Wall which was the symbol of the cold war. Throughout the war everything was going back and forth, weapon advances switched between the U.S and Russia. Even though they were fighting, neither of them were sending their nuclear bombs because they were scared of what was going to come. In 1962, Cuba joined in on this battle, Fidel Castro won a revolution and many Cubans fled to America while Castro moved closer to the Russians, claiming he was a communist. The U.S. tried invade cuba but the soldiers were too poorly trained and was taken down. The Russians at this time said they would help Cuba if the US tried to invade again. This became the home base for Russia’s nuclear weapons. JFK was scared that if he didn’t show that he was doing something about the missiles that it was sketchy, but if spoke about the nuclear bombs, this would result into a nuclear war. Cuba and the US made an agreement agreeing to “take out his missiles if America would promise not to invade Cuba again” (406). Both of them did not obey these rules and they produced more