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This first crisis surrounding the control of Berlin was the beginning of a sharp divide between the eastern and western way of life in the city. This divide came into full view with the forming of West Germany into one country, which became Federal Republic of Germany. Along with the melding of the western allies’ territory, the Deutsche Mark became the new Republic’s currency. With the introduction of the new currency, it became apparent that Britain, France, and the United States planned on…

The civilian deaths from WWII was over 13 times more than the civilian deaths from WWI. In the first world war, the civilian deaths made up only 5% of the total deaths, twenty-one years later that 5% increased to 67%. All together, there was an estimated amount of 57 million deaths. World war two was not so much of a highlight but more of a tragic central event of the twentieth century. The war was fought between two groups of powers, the allies and the axis powers. The initial start of the war…

Confusing matters was the recent entry of the United States following Germany’s declaration of war in support of its Japanese ally. The new Anglo-American Allies stated that their first priority was Germany. Hitler wanted to end the fighting on the Eastern Front, or at least minimize it, before the Americans had a chance to get deeply involved in the war in Europe. For this reason, Hitler chose to pursue the capture of Stalingrad because it would have expanded German rule into southern Russia…

“German-Americans” (2017, para. 15), “lynchings, beatings, and the tarring and featherings of war opponents.” One of the more memorable events of xenophobia in United States history was the rejection of St. Louis, a ship carrying almost 1000 refugees from Eastern Europe during the early days of Hitler’s reign. The St. Louis was originally intended to land in Cuba, but by the time the ship had arrived the Cuban people had enacted a ban on European refugees and did not allow the ship to stay in…

Truman’s foreign policy had a significant impact on international relations during the years 1945-1947 as it started the cold war. The year 1945 marked a turning point in America relations with Russia because Truman’s foreign policy sharply contrasted with that of Roosevelt. By releasing an atomic bomb on Japan in 1945 Truman increased suspicion of US motives and further damaged the relationship with Russia. This differed from former U.S president Roosevelt policy of” comprising” with Russia.…

as they preferred a more democratic and capitalist Western Europe. The outcome of this difference was the Iron Curtain which refers to the fortified border that divided Europe into Western and Eastern Europe. The Americans controlled capitalist Western Europe while the Soviets controlled communist Eastern Europe. Although tensions were high, there was no direct shooting wars between them in Europe.…

Hitler and Stalin’s Careers Hitler’s and Stalin’s Careers have many similarities and differences. These two men both successfully rose to power in their countries. Both men were talented at publicity and making people follow them. They both had no morals. They both had the ambition to make their countries powerful in the world. They both manipulated the people making them believe everything they said or did. Both leaders took advantage of the countries that were weakened by World War I.…

against the Japanese troops in the raging war in the Pacific Ocean. Stalin had promised the United States that he would join the war efforts against Japan. The President of America, Franklin D. Roosevelt, made Stalin promise that he would allow the Eastern Europeans under his control to have free elections; at the time, Stalin promised he would allow free…

“A physical manifestation of the struggle between Soviet Communism and American capitalism that stood for nearly thirty years, the Berlin Wall was the high-risk fault line between East and West on which rested the fate of all humanity.” (Taylor, vii) “I hope that those who live in more fortunate communities elsewhere in the world will summon up the imagination to conceive what it might have been like for Berliners to have such a barbarous fracture inflicted on their cities, their neighborhoods,…

Holy Rosary Catholic School The Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall Imagine being a teenage girl separated by a wall, without your family, friends, and sometimes food. How would you feel? Many people were greatly affected by The Berlin Wall. Waking up being separated by a wall was many people's everyday life. Once the wall was built, people could not leave the side they were on. Germans could not visit friends or family on the other side of the wall. The Berlin Wall…