Berlin Blockade

This time period was also a new age of technology to help countries gather information to see who could be the most powerful and smartest country. There were many wars and operations that played a role in this era. The Berlin Airlift was a very important event in the Cold War. Berlin was very close to Soviet territory. The Soviets controlled East Germany while the United States and United Kingdom controlled West…

Where were you when Kennedy died? This is a famous question that’s asked to many baby boomers, their parents, and everyone else who was alive to see JFK’s short lived presidency. More famous for his looks, Irish blood and religion than his short list of successes while in office, Kennedy had a chance at redemption (or eternal humiliation) following the failure of the Bay of Pigs operation. This opportunity came with the Cuban Missile Crisis. It’s important to note that the tension wasn’t as…

The Cuban Missile crisis was a time period during the cold war between the Soviet Union and the United States. It was a political standoff between these two countries that lasted for a total of 13 days in took place between October 16-28 1962. It was called the Cuban Missile Crisis because it was all about the United States finding out that the Soviet Union had put nuclear missiles in Cuba, 90 miles off the coast of America. In 1959 Fidel Castro took control of the island Cuba located in the…

He was accepted into the pilot-training program and soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor by the japanese, Halvorsen knew he belonged with the marine corps. Halvorsens first flight to berlin was unforgettable, he remembers the look of devastation. Germany was in ruins, and initially, all the wartime allies wanted to punish Germany for the war and for Nazi atrocities (Roberts). Although germany had started this world war, Halvorsen knew…

“ Ich bin ein Berliner!” This is what our 35th president John F. Kennedy said to the citizens of Berlin in June of 1963. Calling himself a jelly filled doughnut. Born on May 29th, 1917 in Brookline Massachusetts. He was the 2nd out of nine children. Growing up in a wealthy family, he always went to some of the best schools in the nation. During World War II, he commanded a PT boat, PT –109 which collided with a Japanese destroyer in 1943. Saving many lives from the collision which considered Him…

innovations in medicine and technology were being made specifically for war. A total war also entails attacking all parts of the population of the enemy not just the army, for example in WW1, German U-boats sank civilian merchant ships, and a naval blockade was put up against Germany that successfully starved them into surrender. (Gossard) All parts of the enemy were attacked not just the soldiers on the battlefield. A total war is something that consumes a whole nation and puts everyone and…

communism by the Soviets, by providing support to the noncommunist countries. This, however, just led the Soviets to become more hostile toward the West. One of the incidents that seemed to further the East and the West was the incidence of the Berlin blockade. This was an attempt by the Soviet to stop the creation of the West German government. This was because the British, Americans, and Germans were allying their zones for economic gain. The Western powers did not want to confront them and…

I decided to write my research paper on how President Kennedy handled the Cuban Missile Crisis. One of the sources I have chosen to use is High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Khrushchev & the Cuban Missile Crisis, written by Max Frankel. Frankel is an American journalist who has won a Pulitzer Prize. Frankel’s take is interesting, because he had covered the story while it happened. He uses his “personal memories of covering the conflict, and gathering evidence from recent records and new…

John F. Kennedy uses this foreign policy throughout the cold war. In this paper, you are gonna find out how he used this policy in the events of The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Berlin Wall, and The Peace Corps during the cold war. During his time as president, John F. Kennedy has to handle several huge events that had to do with the Cold War. One of these that he handled very successfully was The Cuban Missile Crisis. The…

War was a non physical war between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold war dominated international affairs for years and years. Lots of things came as a result form the Cold War. The Berlin Wall was raised, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and lots of Russian spies (What Was the Cold War). The Berlin Wall split Germany into two sides, Western Germany and Eastern Germany. The East was controlled by the Communist Soviet Union, whereas the west was backed up by the United States, Great…