Berlin

and Lithuania. Another important event is the Berlin Chrisis and Airlift. Stalin forced out Berlin by cutting all the highways and any access to the Western. This was a very big thing for the Soviets and U.S. Harry S. Truman could not afford Stalin’s threats anymore. He then ordered American airplanes to drop food and supplies to the West Berlin 's. Americans appreciated the Berlin Airlift as a big victory over the Soviets. Stalin then ended the Berlin Crisis in…

To defend the US, JFK tripled the US’s nuclear capability, increased the number of troops, ships, and artillery, and established the Green Berets, a special force squad. JFK also turned toward aiding third world countries where communism would be fought in the future. A plan similar to the Marshall Plan called the Alliance for Progress was created as a series of projects for peaceful development in Latin America, and the Peace Corps was established to send young volunteers to third world…

For example, in Tim O’ Brien’s Going After Cacciato, the story is split into three parts which are about the main character, Paul Berlin, entering the Vietnam war and telling stories about the gruesome battles he participated in; Cacciato running away from battle and the imaginary trip Berlin takes to Paris to find Cacciato; and the last part involves Berlin, who is actually really watching over the camp, trying to balance the visceral reality of war and his imaginary trip to find Cappaciato…

Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson, a historian becomes an ambassador in the key formational years of 1933-1937 in Hitler’s regime. He has many opponents but he stands strong to his Jeffersonian beliefs. His daughter comes along and those two are the center of the story. To begin with, the story starts with Dodd, a University of Chicago professor. He becomes an ambassador in Berlin after many others turned the offer down. He brings his wife…

My Opa was 16 and my Oma was 15. Nearing the end of the war, my Opa was captured by the Germans in Munich. To save his life he lied to the Nazis, saying he was on special orders from Berlin. Since his captures did not believe him they locked him up in a cell and sent a letter to Berlin. However at that time Berlin has already been captured by the British and so no response was sent. And so he was given one more day but before they could kill him Munich was attacked by the British. However, His…

On September 1, 1939 under one year after the Munich Agreement, Adolf Hitler attacked Poland. His objective was to wipe out the majority of the Jews. England and France guaranteed to help Poland yet Britain was too far away for their Air Force to help and France was excessively anxious, making it impossible to help on the grounds that they feared the Germans. Poland had next to no Navy and Air Force to battle the Germans. Poland was likewise attacked by the Soviet Union in the meantime so their…

careful examination is the “She’s not my wife, she’s my sister” narrative. The passages that fall under this narrative are Genesis 12:10-20, Genesis 20:1-18, and Genesis 26:1-11. When analyzed, these passages appear to be parallels to each other (Berlin 42). Whether one may choose to read this story from the modern scholar or traditionalist perspective, it raises the question as…

Imperialism was quite a recurring matter, especially when European countries were involved. When imperialism occurred, it was the process of taking over a different country by force. This would change the possible economic, political, and or cultural policies/ beliefs. Africa was a prime example of the effects of imperialism. Most imperialisms occurred with the start of trading, Africa for example. In the 1870’s, a trade was sent to occur, although causing a sweep of imperialistic behavior…

The Master Aggressor in the Cold War The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II primarily between the United States of America and the Soviet Union that lasted from 1947 to 1991. The Cold War was more about convincing other countries to turn Capitalist or Communist than fighting each other with weapons and items of mass destruction. However, the combat with weapons never really occurred in the United States of America or the Soviet Union during the Cold War.…

America was in regards to the vast amount of colonies had in Latin America, although many of the colonies did achieve independence in revolutions and rebellions. In Africa, two major events occurred, one being the Berlin Conference and the other being the Scramble for Africa. The Berlin Conference divided Africa into colonies for Europe to conquer. In the end, the only…