Union blockade

My fellow Americans, today we have found out that the Soviet Union is giving aid to Cuba. The Soviet Union is also shipping missiles to Cuba. These missiles can reach anywhere from Florida to Ohio and the United States could be attacked with these missiles. The Soviet Union is an enemy of the United States and they need to be stopped. When I was notified, a board consisting of me, Robert Kennedy, John McCone, Robert McNamara, and Maxwell Taylor. The board has met and have decide on what to do…

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…

between America and its allies and the USSR also known as the Soviet Union. The war never got the point of any battlefield engagements. It lasted from 1947 to 1991 when the Soviet Union broke apart and many nations were formed from the broken alliance. The US and the soviets were neutral to each other until after World War II when both superpowers rose from the ashes of the war an got paranoid of their allies. In 1939 the Soviet Union engages in total war with the Axis. Though when the war…

The Cold War Although the Soviet Union and the US fought together against Nazi Germany, their alliance began to fade. The Cold War started in 1947 and ended in 1991. The US and British alliance were trying to stop the Soviet Union from spreading communism across Europe. Although it was called the Cold War, it was not an actual fight. The two alliances competed to have the best weapons. US and Britain allied with countries from western Europe by supporting their economy. The alliance was called…

In October nineteen-sixty-two, after learning that the Soviet Union secretly placed missiles facing the United States in Cuba, John F. Kennedy said “It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.” The U.S discovered the Soviet’s missiles when an American plane took photos of Soviet soldiers setting up missiles in Cuba that were in line with southern Florida. The Soviet’s decision to secretly place nuclear missiles in…

a thirteen day military and nuclear standoff of the government of America and the Soviet Union and Cuba. The standoff began on the day of October 16, 1962 when a low flying spy plane called a U2 took pictures of soviet missile launch sites in Cuba 90 miles south of Florida. The whole world was worried because of the Soviets the world was on the brink of nuclear war and not just between the US and Soviet Union. This crisis almost caused a third world war although it was resolved by simple words…

THE BERLIN BLOCKADE After WW2,Germany was divided between East which was controlled by the Soviet Union under the Communism and West which was controlled by the U.S.,France,and Great Britain.The capital of Berlin,deep within Soviet-controlled East Germany,was also divided into four parts: one half being Soviet controlled, and the rest divided amongst the others.Four-power provisional government, called the Allied Control Council, was installed in Berlin. In 1948,the Western Powers (The…

the United States and Soviet Union stood face to face. Capitalism, democracy, and freedom of expressions were against communism, dictatorship, and limited freedoms. Soviets wanted to enlarge. George Kennan was a US foreign service agent in Moscow, he suggested containment. Containment is the idea that the Soviet Union and Soviet Communism should not be allowed to spread. These three events clearly demonstrate the US's policy of Containment, the Berlin Airlift/ Blockade, Korean War, and The Cuban…

United States and the Soviet Union from 1947 to 1991. During World War II the United States and the Soviet Union worked together to fight against the axis powers, notably Nazi-Germany. After the war, Germany was left defeated, and Britain and France were left drained and exhausted. The United States and the Soviet Union, though also drained, held considerable power, and both soon rose to superpower status. Logic would dictate that as the United States and the Soviet Union fought as allies…

of Germany belonged do the Soviet Union(history.com). Berlin was located deep in Eastern Germany(History.com). The Allies were allowed to occupy West Berlin due to the peace treaty. West Germany becomes the FRG short for the Federal Republic of Germany.(Burkhardt). Eastern Germany becomes the GDR or the German Democratic Republic (Burkhardt). This shows how the 2 main groups became separated. The agreement will cause conflict between the two powers. The Soviet Union then declared the GDR a…