Trade bloc

The Berlin Wall was a barrier that separated the west side of Berlin from the east side of Berlin. The wall was built in 1961, and torn down in 1989 (History.com Staff, 2016). The Berlin Wall was built to keep the fascists of West Berlin out of East Berlin, and to make sure that the fascists had no influence on the socialist state of East Berlin (History.com Staff, 2016). Berlin was in the heart of the portion of Germany controlled by the Soviets, or as Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev put it,…

1945-1955: The Platform to Power With the Second World War about to draw to a 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…

The Cold War began from mistrust, misunderstandings, and misconceptions between both the United States and the Soviet Union. While World War II was happening the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britan formed allies to take down the Nazis. After the war, the Soviet Union had different goals for the future of Europe than the rest of the Western Allies creating tension. The death of President Roosevelt, who was a supporter of Stalin and replaced with Truman, who agreed heavily with Britain,…

1 Cory Babineau U.S. American History- E 10/19/14 The Berlin’s Wall’s impact on Germany On August 13, 1961, the city of Berlin and the country of Germany would be changed forever. On this date in August, the Berlin Wall was built. The Berlin Wall symbolized the division of Germany and the world between the communist and the capitalist alliances. The rise of the Berlin Wall was a powerful symbol of the Cold War, and the wall split a city, friends, and a world apart forever. The rise of the…

On August 13th of 1961, the infamous Berlin Wall was built. The barbed wire and concrete separated Berlin into two different zones; East and West Berlin. This wall stood as an iconic symbol of the Cold War. This wall created pain, sorrow, and suffering for all Germans. Over a long 28 years of the standing Berlin Wall, the concrete that divided Europe stood through the rigorous tensions of political and physical war. After WWII, Germany was split up into 4 different zones ruled by different…

of Tito, in response to Tito receiving aid from the United States, painted a dire portrait of a Soviet Communist control that was swiftly expanding in Europe. With these five drastic changes, Stalin created an eastern bloc, which with the West's creation of a solidified western bloc, stimulated a dichotomy of political, economic, and strategic…

boundaries made up of barbwire and guards. Each side professing the other’s weakness and oppression; neither willing to act on their threats in fear of retaliation. This was the Cold War. A political war between the Western nations and the Eastern Bloc. As Soviet power rapidly grew in the Eastern territories, the Western nations became evermore concerned for their own governments. In order to avoid being taken over by Communist forces, the Western countries joined…

that aiding these nations in the first place would also be in their best interests. In order for capitalism to truly be sustainable, and for America to preserve their post-WW2 economic prosperity, there needed to be an international system of free trade markets. Thus,…

Remaining within Old Lines: An Examination of Daphne Berdahl’s Where the World Ended In Where the World Ended, Daphne Berdahl explores via ethnographic study the creation and evolution of identities in the town of Kella. Located within the 500-meter Schutzstreifen along the Grenze (the inter-German border during the Cold War), residents of Kella experienced strict surveillance from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and lived with additional regulations. Berdahl presents Kella as floating…

Fallout Shelter (Scott Peters, 1961) In the beginning of the cold war, it seems that some Americans had a sense of confidence about the war, as can be seen in this excerpt from the song; “I’m not scared/I’m prepared/I’ll be spared” (Peters.) Many people purchased fallout shelters as a means of defense against the possible nuclear war they thought Russia would start, they were designed to protect people from nuclear fallout and have enough supplies in them to typically last a few weeks. While the…