Eastern Europe

of June 1963 in the west of Berlin. The Belin Wall was built in 1961 and divided Berlin in East and West Berlin. The east of Berlin and also the east of Europe, was controlled by the soviet Union and the west of Berlin was controlled by the Allies. The Soviet-union built the Berlin Wall to prevent people from the east to move to the west of Europe. Before the Berlin Wall many people moved away from the east, because the circumstances were better in the west. Though in the speech Kennedy doesn’t…

The Cold War was a period of time when tension between the Soviet Union and the United States uprised due to economic and ideological differences. The Cold War began in 1945 and ended in 1991. Even though the term “war” was used, there was never any physical fighting involved. Both, the Soviet Union and the United States ideological differences influenced the way both countries would react to the Cold War. At the time, the Soviet Union was communist and the United States was democratic and…

the world as a whole, but the fall of the wall represented the end of a divided world, for the time being, and the long road to reunification between the Eastern and Western…

Compare and contrast US and Soviet policies in Germany between 1945 and 1947 After Germany was defeated, the Allied powers agreed on turning Germany into a four state country and they removed the old government. In those states they implemented policies in each zone; however some policies were abandoned such as reparations. The US and Soviet Union policies that were created between 1945-47 opposed each other and contrasted, these lead to relations between them getting worse or tensions…

Causes of the Cold War This was a time of political, economic and military rivalry between USSR and the US. This happens after the Second World War in which problems arose due to ever-changing international power. The Soviet Union was aiming to get extra land while the United States was trying to prevent the Soviet Union from gaining what they wanted. The war was cold because the United States and the USSR used not to fight each other in a directly military conflict, instead they threaten each…

Leading up to the 15th and 16th century in Europe the west rose for the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire. Western Europe went through a period of rebirth for the Roman and Greek philosophy, art, and even architecture. There was even a change in government style in which governments began to centralize once again and in Britain they created parliament which was a group of lawmakers. Trade also began to increased along the Silk Road like during the Han and Roman Dynasties during the…

It can be said that the biggest force that divided the West and the East was the different political views between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The United States were capitalist, and had a democratic government. They believed that an individuals right’s included economic freedom which can be seen as a free-market. On the other had, the Soviet Union were communist, and they had a totalitarian government. The state had control and owned all the properties and…

Mackinder influenced Karl Haushofer’s investigations of Mackinder’s “heartland” theory and other studies that Nazi Germany would later employ in their political campaign from the 1930’s until 1945. Mackinder’s “heartland” theory suggests that parts of eastern Europe and Asia make up for a continental piece of land known as the “heartland”, which after examination and study, Mackinder was convinced that it provided that most national potentialities for whoever occupies that area ranging in a…

After World War II, the United States becomes the 1st world power, most of Europe had been in a very bad state and US aid to the destroyed Europe made it became the first state of the capitalist world. The dominance of the United States on the other capitalist countries was based on three points. His great economic and technological superiority, had the largest…

debates as to whether the Crusades made a large impact amongst European society, socially, politically and economically. Throughout the following essay it will be argued as to why Europe needed the crusades to transition out The Dark Ages. The Crusades were great military expeditions undertaken by the Christian nations of Europe for the purpose of rescuing the holy places of Palestine from the hands of the Muslims. The reason for the crusades was a war between Christians and Moslems which…