The US fought wars both on US soil, and soil around the war. The US got involved in the first and second world war, and in the Cold War. WW1 started in Europe in July 1914, but the US officially joined the war after the Germans sunk many ships and after the Government intercepting a telegram to Mexico from the Germans in April 1917, three years after the war had first started. The war lasted till November 1918. WW2 began because Germany invaded Poland and then Britain declared war on Germany. This happened September 1, 1939. The US declared war on Japan the day Pearl Harbor was bombed, December 7, 1941. Germany and Italy declared war on the US on December 11, 1941. Later, on May 8, 1945, Germany agreed to the terms of an unconditional
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France, Britain, and the US decided to combine their sectors and name the area East Germany. Along with Germany being split, it was also decided that Berlin would be split into another 4 sections also, and given out the same way as Germany was divided out. However, East Berlin happened to be located within Western Germany, which belonged to the Soviets. The Soviet Union differed from the Allies with their want to make Germany pay for all the damages to the war. It was also decided that Germany would give money to the Allies for the cost of the war. However, the payments were deteriorating Germany’s economy, so the Allies decided to lessen the payments that were enforced upon the Germans. The Soviet Union decided to cut off the supplies to East Berlin. After months of trying to block off supplies, and failing because the Allies would send planes filled with supplies everyday, the Soviet Union stopped blocking supplies. A few weeks after that, the Soviets constructed a wall dividing Eastern and Western Berlin. Families were forced apart and anyone who tried to climb over the wall to be free of the Soviets was shot and killed in public. This was officially the start of the Cold War. However, the US was not involved in any fighting, just included in tension. The US got involved …show more content…
Tanks were changed from going 5 miles per hour in WW1, and only crushing barbed wire, to going 30 miles per hour and being able to shoot the enemy in WW2. The bombs went from being hand grenades in WW1, to being nuclear bombs capable of destroying cities in the end of WW2. During all three wars, however, the US continued to sent money to aid one or both sides of the war. During both of the world wars and some of the Cold War, the US supplied troops to fight against their allies
France, Britain, and the US decided to combine their sectors and name the area East Germany. Along with Germany being split, it was also decided that Berlin would be split into another 4 sections also, and given out the same way as Germany was divided out. However, East Berlin happened to be located within Western Germany, which belonged to the Soviets. The Soviet Union differed from the Allies with their want to make Germany pay for all the damages to the war. It was also decided that Germany would give money to the Allies for the cost of the war. However, the payments were deteriorating Germany’s economy, so the Allies decided to lessen the payments that were enforced upon the Germans. The Soviet Union decided to cut off the supplies to East Berlin. After months of trying to block off supplies, and failing because the Allies would send planes filled with supplies everyday, the Soviet Union stopped blocking supplies. A few weeks after that, the Soviets constructed a wall dividing Eastern and Western Berlin. Families were forced apart and anyone who tried to climb over the wall to be free of the Soviets was shot and killed in public. This was officially the start of the Cold War. However, the US was not involved in any fighting, just included in tension. The US got involved …show more content…
Tanks were changed from going 5 miles per hour in WW1, and only crushing barbed wire, to going 30 miles per hour and being able to shoot the enemy in WW2. The bombs went from being hand grenades in WW1, to being nuclear bombs capable of destroying cities in the end of WW2. During all three wars, however, the US continued to sent money to aid one or both sides of the war. During both of the world wars and some of the Cold War, the US supplied troops to fight against their allies