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between Canada and the United States because the two allies cooperated closely to defeat the Axis powers once the United States joined the war. They established agreements such as the Ogdensburg Agreement, the Hyde Park Agreement and the Alaska Highway project for security measures (Cruxton et al. 259). This allowed the military strength and overall protection of both countries to increase as they were working together more and began to lose the isolationist idealism. The Ogdensburg Agreement…

discovered this phenomenon by scientists like Henri Becquerel, Wilhelm Roentgen and Marie and Pierre Curie and others. In 1945 we can say that tragically began the "Nuclear Age" with the fall of the first atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. From there the certainty that nuclear bombs could destroy our civilization affects political decisions and attitude towards war. But fortunately the man has made the peaceful…

For example, many people believe that nuclear reactors are like atomic bombs, just waiting for the right moment to go off. The image of a nuclear meltdown leveling an entire city is a powerful one. It 's also a myth. Even the most catastrophic meltdown will only result in some radiation being released into the atmosphere…

Over the span of history, one may see patterns begin to form. Through this paper, I will open your eyes to 100 of these connections. It will blow your mind. Pre 1400-1648: Greece, Rome, Middle Ages, Byzantium, Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Exploration, and Commercial Revolution 1. Caesar was murdered in March of 44 BC, which happens to be the same day that the last Tsar of Russia advocates. 2. When Rome was on its high horse, it was way ahead of its time. During its reign, the Romans were…

* Phony War * Period between 1939- 1940 * there was very little combat as both sides built up their armies and arsenals * Axis * Alliance between Germany, Italy and later Japan * The 'Blitz' * in September of 1940, bombings of London and other major cities occurred in what the British called `the Blitz` * Italian Campaign, 1943 * in July 1943, Canadian, British, and American forces launched an assault on the Italian island of Sicily * by…

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Franklin D. Roosevelt who also goes by the nickname of “FDR,” impacted the United States as well as the world in major way. Franklin D. Roosevelt served as the 32nd president of the United States during an economic crisis. (“Franklin D. Roosevelt Biography”) FDR was born in 1882 in New York. His parents James and Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt were both wealthy people. Roosevelt enrolled into Harvard University in 1900 after graduating Groton. While he…

"Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always. These proceedings are closed!" These were the words of General Douglas MacArthur in September of 1945 on board the USS Missouri as Japan formally surrendered, signifying the end of World War II and the onset of peace across the globe at last. However, this peace was not to last, as the world would soon be plunged into the terror and uncertainty of the Cold War. For people around the world, there was no…

Apollo 13: The Story of a Successful Failure in Space Exploration ?Houston, we?ve had a problem.? This iconic phrase was uttered by Jim Lovell after an explosion occurred during his Apollo 13 mission and it appeared that all pre-launch fears that the mission was cursed were coming true. Lovell, Apollo 13?s commander, was not the original commander for the mission. Rather, Lovell was slated to fly Apollo 14 when the original commander of Apollo 13, Alan Shepard, became ill. Not wanting to…

by making the resort to a nuclear war irrational. There were economic warfare and proxy battles, for example in Afghanistan, but no direct war was recorded. However, during the 1962 Missile Crisis, the United States and the Soviet Union came close to nuclear war over the Soviet Union’s placement of nuclear weapons in Cuba, and a potential nuclear conflict was therefore narrowly avoided. Diverging views have emerged concerning the theory – some scholars welcome the proliferation of nuclear…

relatively few fatalities if troops were properly prepared and outfitted”. Chemical weapons were now only used as world international threats. The Cold War was an example of a near world catastrophe. “During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union both maintained enormous stockpiles of chemical weapons, amounting to tens of thousands of tonnes. The amount of chemical weapons held by these two countries was enough to destroy much of the human and animal life on Earth” (“History of CW…