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atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of WWII (Nelson 212). These bombs served as a demonstration to the world of the immense power created by splitting the atom. This fostered the exigence for the prevailing global superpowers, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States (US), to develop larger, more destructive nuclear weapons as each side braced its country for the possibility of global, thermonuclear war. By the mid-1950’s, both the US and the…

One of the results of the war that furthered the economic chaos in Europe and eventually the U.S. was many European nations became debtors to vice creditors of the U.S. This economic shift greatly impacted the international economy and reduced the international market for U.S. goods. This is not to imply concerns over the post-war global market caused the great depression of the 1930s, but it certainly contributed. By the early 30s, things in Europe began to unravel from the previous treaty,…

For my ethnography project decided to study the Russian culture. The Russian culture is very unique in many ways. Growing in a big Russian family and seeing how different I am from others around me I wanted to learn more about the Russian culture. In many ways it is different and interesting to learn what my ancestors were like and how they lived. Just imaging all the amazing things that they did and I am proud to be part of this culture, even though I don’t know much about it. There are many…

Raoul Wallenberg Raoul Wallenberg was a well educated Sweed. Why would he risk his life for something that does not affect him? Some people want to make money settle down and have a family, but not Wallenberg. Raoul Wallenberg was one of the few men that was very determined and willing to risk his life to help the Jewish community; if more people had stood up for the victims, the Holocaust would have been lessened. Background In the book “The seven habits to be a highly effective person,” it…

people was tenacious and unequivocal; undeterred by the callousness, destructiveness, and indomitability of the Wehrmacht (German armed forces). Despite this, many suspected that the Soviet Union would capitulate within months of the commencement of Unternehmen Barbarossa (the German invasion of the Soviet Union); including Winston…

Improving a country’s standard of living aims to increase the degree of wealth and comfort that a group of people in a certain geographic area experience by promoting economic growth. The standard of living takes into account many factors, some being; income gap, unemployment rate, poverty level, inflation rate, and gross domestic product. Gross domestic product or GDP is the sum of a country’s consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports. The most common measurement of a…

treaty making and attempts to collaborate with one another, eventually, the Maastricht Treaty was created in 1992. This new treaty was put into effect in 1993 providing unity to twenty-seven member states. Giving the world the birth of the European Union. Through the decades in the wake of WWII Europe has been in zero armed disputes. Their success with maintaining peace among each other was proving to work, yet, there is indubitably a lot more issues to resolve before a single, sovereign…

the United States and Soviet Union. The United States represented "capitalism, free market, private enterprise, individual liberty, and open political system"(Lecture#10). While the Soviet Union beliefs were "communism, state planning, state enterprise, community good, single party/limits on dissent" (Lecture#10). The United States and Soviet Union are both powerful nations in the World. The Cold War was different from other wars by the United States or Soviet Union did not send soldiers to go…

bombings which with some research it was during the invasion the Netherlands were bombed by the Luftwaffe It discusses the Germans failing in Russia and being pushed back. This is known as the Battle of Stalingrad, where the Germans invade Soviet Union. The Germans were not ready for the soviets to fight back. The USSR pushed the Germans back and was the first victory against the Germans and a turning point in the war. Another event that was mentioned and very important to the book was D-Day. It…

This Sunny Land: The Civil War Diary of Private Henry A. Strong, Co. K, Twelfth Kansas Infantry,” readers are casted into the war torn south. Both diaries are first hand accounts of what the Civil War was really like for the enlisted soldiers of the Union. In this essay, the diaries will be analyzed to determine how the war affected the two men and their companies. The main points of analysis will review the war strategies used by Haas and Strong’s companies, the attitudes held by the…