Eastern Europe

The Cold War was a tenses time between two types of government’s capitalists and Communisms. The Cold War stated after World war 11 when the Soviet Union turn many eastern European counties to communisms. The Cold War was also between the two superpowers that derived from World War 11 the United States and the USSR. The Cold War official started at the meeting of Yalta. The tensions of the Cold War started when the Soviets sent troops to berlin and block all roads to berlin. There might…

and food shipments were the first to be sent overseas for aid in distribution by a U.S government agency (Economic Cooperation Administration) made solely for the Marshall plan. This was an example of government official diplomacy to change Western Europe from absolute destruction to a mainland of peaceful prosperous countries. Additionally, requiring Western European governments to work…

only effect would be that the war in Europe would have been extended a few years. The remaining forces of the Allies would have been diverted to Italy and Russia, allowing massive offenses into Southern and Eastern Europe. Stalin’s request for a second front would be fulfilled, and the Allied air force would continue supporting Russian and Allied armies. The time it would take to divert and transport those troops would mean that Russia would take more of Europe and subsequently spread…

War is split between the Soviet Union, United States, Britain, and France. The main causes of the Cold War included vastly different political ideologies between the former Allies of the Second World War, and conflict over the future of a war torn Europe.[1] After a celebrated victory for the Allies, Russia became quickly frustrated over their losses and economy. Joseph Stalin, was adamant in his quest for reparations and security for his nation.[2] Not to mention that the United States had…

The National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) stems from a 1992 Department of Defense (DOD) desire to create and expand military security cooperation efforts in Eastern European countries. Sensitive to Russian concerns that US Active Duty military cooperation activities would appear threating, the DOD established the National Guard State Partnership for Peace program. Starting in the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, this program paired US National Guard soldiers and…

from Africa to the New World, to ship millions of Africans. The triangular trade indicates trade between three regions: Europe, Africa, and the Americas. This multilateral system involved shipping goods from Europe to West Africa in exchange for slaves, who were then shipped to the Americas for profits like sugar, rum, and other commodities, which were eventually received by Europe. The need for labor and the recognition that the natives were insufficient with plantations were the probable…

souvenirs. The first section of the Berlin Wall was removed on the 12th of June. The wall was officially dismantled on the 13th. The Soviet system was in crisis. “The fall of the Berlin Wall foreshadowed the demise of the communist governments of Eastern Europe…

struggle between two nations, but what the nations represented or stood for: Democracy and Communism. This led to a series of wars, most memorably the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the fall of the U.S.S.R. In 1945, Adolf Hitler's Nazi empire in Europe was defeated by the joint efforts of then allies the United States and Soviet Union forces. The Soviet Union and the United States then became the major and military and political powers or super powers. However, they had contrasting opinions…

How might those expansionist desires challenge the Western principle of national political self determination, a cause it championed during World War 2? Churchill sees one of the great threats to common people as war. After two World Wars most of Europe agreed. He also says that tyranny or lack of rights is a threat to the people. The Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were notorious for their tyrannical human rights abuses. I believe that Churchill is specifically referring to these two states. He…

superpowers. The Soviet Union used divide and conquer techniques, imposing communist rule Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union wanted a communist system where the government was in control. The United States feared the spread of Communism, seeing it as a threat to their freedom, something felt to be of such a high priority. They felt that they must protect Berlin as if it fell it would not be long before the rest of Europe would fall to Communism. This conflict in ideology eventually caused the…