Congress of Soviets

is considered one of the most important battles that took place during World War II. The battle was between the German and Soviet armies. Not directly, but due to the betrayal of a non aggression pact between the Soviets and Germans, the two were thrown into battle over Stalingrad. The Germans believed they would be on the winning side but that is not how it ended. The Soviets proved stronger than the Germans were expecting and they would end up failing. Some of the factors of their failure were…

The ideologies and goals of the Mexican and Russian revolutions were both engineered in hope that the result would strengthen the lower class, redistribute mass amounts of land, and create more equality between the rich and the poor. Although the results of both revolutions are viewed as successful, the conclusion of the Mexican revolution was drastically less radical than the Russian revolution because of Mexico’s multiple revolutionary leaders with conflicting ideas of change along with a lack…

Anatomy of a Dictatorship - Fulbrook (1995) Book Review Published in the decade after reunification and forty years of Soviet led dictatorship, Fulbrook’s Anatomy of a Dictatorship was released to great anticipation. Fulbrook describes the central thesis of her book to be around the idea ‘that popular discontent alone was not sufficient enough to fell the system.’ It’s clear from the outset that Fulbrook wanted to move away from the traditional historiography around the GDR, in order to…

Argentina was, to a large extent, mostly to blame for the start of the Falklands war. Argentina initiated attacks on the British controlled Falklands islands that caused tension to build up between the two sides. They did this in the hope that England would back down and enter into negotiations with them. This failed, the pressure that Argentina created built up and instead England responded with attacks using the navy, the two sides consequently ended up in a full-scale war. Therefore to a…

WHAT WOULDVE HAPPENED IF THE NAZI'S WON WORLD WAR II Imagine how the world would have been different if the Nazis had won World War II. , If the axis powers won over the allied forces. Since the Nazis were known for their destructive crimes, such a fantasy is undeniably a frightening one. However, let us try putting the negatives aside, and view a Nazi victory more as a fantasy than a nightmare. United States General George S. Patton had not realized until late in the war that the United…

1945 - May 2, 1945 The Battle of Berlin was the last major battle fought In Europe during World War II The Battle was primarily fought between the Nazi German army and the Soviet Army of Russia It was initiated when the Soviet Army attacked the Oder River near Berlin, defeating the German forces and advancing in on the city The soviet army outnumbered and out supplied the German army - with many German soldiers being hungry, sick and wounded The battle resulted in the surrender of the Germany…

Topic: Liberalism has become the dominant approach to international political economy since the end of the Cold War. Discuss the evidence that proves this dominance and also discuss the positives and the negatives of the liberalist orientation of the global economy. The discussion below is going to elaborate on the dominance of the Liberal in the international political economy (IPE) by expanding on the liberal approach, IPE and its elements, Liberal IPE perspective, the Cold War, positives…

Like the majority of the United State’s population, I am an immigrant and a relatively new one; I remember what life was like in Russia before my family moved here. Often I am asked: “How is life different? Where do you prefer?” Though I have plenty of memories, experiences, and opinions of both countries, I’ve never pitted them against each other, making those questions difficult to answer. But now, thinking about it, I can boldly say that life in Russia and the USA varies greatly. From things…

Berlin wall had a positive effect on Germany by starting the process of unification in the country. Germany was divided into two separate parts after World War ll. The East being under the control of the Soviet Union and the West being the Western Allied powers (“The fall of the Berlin wall.”). The Soviet Union did not allow the people in the…

Nebutud Fealadsef and the Flex Tape® As he was visiting the Swintar Galaxy, Nebutud Fealadsef, a naval general, saw that just as North Korea, so the galaxy was really economically depressed. People were using slingshots to get to other planets, people built spaceships out of tin cans, and there was no strong government. He wondered what he could do to help them. He thought to look into the government. It was a democratic republic, but it wasn’t democratic or a republic. It was a…