Eastern Front

The 3rd of August 1961 one of most historic parts of the Cold War took place, the formation of the Berlin Wall. This was due to the Communist Government of the German Democratic Republic. Their goal was to split East and West Berlin to prevent Westerns from entering Germany. The formation of this wall split families, friends and loves ones. November 9th 1989 is known as the day of the ‘‘Fall of the Berlin Wall.’’ On this day the gates where finally opened. It was not until October 3rd 1990 that…

The 1940’s are an important time in American history, not only because the country participated in WWII, but because of all the changes that came around because of the war. New organizations were formed, laws were passed, the country got a new president, and the United States almost engaged in war with the Soviet Union. The changes that occurred in this decade were the start of a new era. The domestic and foreign policies of the United States in the 1940’s helped to shape the world into what it…

This investigation aims to discuss the extent to which Tito-Stalin split in 1948 created new type of communism or “Titoist” communism. It will mostly focus on Yugoslav policy between the Second World War and the Tito-Stalin split, (1945-1948), the Yugoslav policy after Tito-Stalin split and consequences of that split. The research question that this study will seek to answer is “To what extent it can be said that Tito-Stalin split in 1948 created ‘Titoist’ communism?” I chose this question…

change could rejuvenate the Soviet System, which Gorbachev introduced social and economic reforms in the Soviet Union that granted more political freedom while rebuilding the economy. As changes began to occur in the Soviet Union, Communist leaders in Eastern Europe were forced to consider these reforms in their own countries. Gorbachev and his belief that Communist governments everywhere needed to pursue towards these similar changes. For the East European Communist leaders, Gorbachev’s…

the fear and lack of communication. Germany was the focal point of the Cold War. Officials in West and East Berlin did very little to cooperate with each other and any attempts for a peace treaty failed. The Soviet influence began expanding into Eastern Europe and communist parties were gaining popularity in France and Italy (Conflict Builds). In the early 1970s the Soviet Union was at the peak of its power. The communist party was the main political force in the Soviet Union. The Soviet’s…

shelling has left the area surrounding the trench pock marked with craters. Rainwater has filled many of the craters. Everything is dirty from the dirt that was kicked up from the explosions of the shells. Some sections of the barbed wire line in front of the trench are mangled from explosions. The trench itself is left relatively unscathed with the exception of places where shells landed nearby. Being in a trench keeps me and my fellow men relatively safe during the shelling.…

close, an eminent victory for the Allies in sight, Allied leaders Churchill, FDR, and Stalin met at the Yalta Conference in February 1945 to finalize war measures. The fragile alliance of the three countries, however, would not last as the issue of Eastern European countries, the division of Germany, and differing economic systems divided the US and USSR. The stage was set for the post-war era, with the communist USSR on one side and the capitalist United States on the other. With Great Britain…

The political and social aspects of World War I applied and affected the lives of the characters, who were soldiers from the book. During World War I, there were many changes and continuities that change the view of the war in general, yet many continuities that sadly, the soldiers had to face. Some changes that occurred were the new technology and its development during the war. Also, as the war continued, education and knowledge had less and less value to the citizens, especially to the school…

Nazi-Soviet Pact that the directive for Operation Barbarossa was issued. Signed by Hitler on December 18, 1940, the secret document demanded the Wehrmacht to crush Russia in a rapid campaign, undoing the agreement for spheres of influence throughout Eastern Europe. It remains a point of contention whether Berlin wooed Moscow into benign rapprochement in a series of deceptions stemming from the directive or Stalin, throughout it all, remained sceptical of Hitler’s true designs, merely…

John Keegan, in his article The Breaking of Armies, explains that, previously, in the first battle of Ypres, the British Expeditionary Force aided the French against the Germans in establishing that area of France and of Flanders known as the Western Front. In the second battle of Ypres, the same forces managed to continue to hold the line in spite of intense fighting, and regardless of elevated German resistance that included chemical warfare and the first gas attack of the…