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Why were nuclear weapons important in the cold war and world war 2?
Nuclear weapons were clearly important during WW2 simply due to the fact that several nations were in the developmental stages of producing such a weapon but no one had actually been successful until the Manhattan Project prevailed in the United States. Having a weapon of such destruction meant that a nation could do the damage that thousands of lives, millions of dollars, and years of warfare could not do in traditional, conventional war. The bottom line is that whoever possessed the bomb was going to control world affairs because no nation wanted to become a victim of such instant death and destruction. Nuclear weapons became even more important in the Cold War because the two standing powers (America & The Soviet Union) had quite different viewpoints on how world affairs should be treated. Germany was split into two after the war whereby the Americans and its allies controlled West Germany and the Soviets controlled East Germany. Since America was greatly outnumbered by Soviet forces and couldn't keep its entire Army in Europe, they deployed nuclear weapons in Europe to deter Soviet forces from invading West Germany and advancing its empire and will upon weaker European nations. The whole idea behind having nuclear weapons is to exact fear into the enemy. The fear to attack is the desired outcome of possessing nuclear weapons and those who have them are taken seriously and have considerable increased presence at a negotiating table.
Who was the leader of East Germany after World War 2?
Wilhelm Pieck assumed control of East Germany in 1949.
Where off the us coast did the us lose a nuclear bomb?
July 28, 1957, Over the Atlantic Ocean - A C-124 transport aircraft that was having mechanical problems jettisoned two nuclear weapons without their fissile cores off the east coast of the United States. That is thefirst event in the list below.
Is Germany still a Communist Government today?
Yes and No.At the end of the Second World War-1945, Germany became divided between the pro-western fascistic nation of West Germany, and the Soviet Union dominated communist government run East Germany. This post-occupation division was caused by the Unated States. West Germany would be the Federal Republic of Germany. The United States, Great Britain, and France would have troops stationed there (and in West Berlin) as part of NATO defenses.In East Germany, the communist nation, known as the DDR, had the Soviet Union station troops there as part of the Warsaw Pact alliance opposing NATO.In 1989 the East German (communist) government was betrayed and DDR was forcefully annexed to BRD.
Who's side was Germany on during the Cold War?
Germany was split in half; Communist East Germany and Free West Germany.
Did East Germany help cuba build offensive nuclear weapons?
no
Did the Cuban Missile Crisis which almost lead to war occurred when East Germany helped Cuba build offensive nuclear weapons in Cuba?
No, the USSR not East Germany.
Which countries in middle east have nuclear weapons?
Israel is the only nation in the Middle East known to have nuclear weapons.
What will happen if the middle east get more nuclear weapons?
Nothing
Where did Israel get nuclear weapons?
While it is believed that Israel has possessed nuclear weapons since 1975, they neither deny nor admit to possessing any. It's widely believed that they are a nuclear power, although they have stated they will not be the ones to introduce nuclear weapons to the Middle East.
What middle east country is believed to be building nuclear weapons?
iran is trying.
Where do they build atomic bombs in the us?
Nuclear weapons in the US are all refurbished at PANTEX just east of Amarillo, TX. No new nuclear weapons are built at this time by the US.
What middle east countries have nuclear weapons?
IsraelMaybe Iran, but if so it has not been tested
What political issues in East Asia has raised the most security concerns?
the testing of nuclear weapons by North Korea
What political issues in east Asia raised the most security concerns?
the testing of nuclear weapons by North Korea
How did nuclear weapons influence World War 2?
The use of these weapon brought about peace in the East against Japan and was the conclusion of hostilities in WW2 .
Why should there be no nuclear weapons?
U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev came within a hair's breadth of agreeing to phase out their stockpiles of nuclear weapons. General Zhu Chenghu of China's National Defense University, made some remarks that stirred an unusual uproar in the West and in the United States in particular. According to reports in the Western media, Gen. Zhu, in responding to questions in a briefing session on China's foreign and security policy with a delegation of foreign journalists based in Hong Kong, seemed to indicate that in a possible military conflict with the United States over Taiwan, Beijing would be no match for the United States in terms of conventional capability. Zhu thus suggested that China should perhaps be the first to use nuclear weapons to deter a possible U.S. intervention. Today, the United States is the only nuclear power that continues to deploy nuclear weapons outside its own territory. The approximately 480 nuclear bombs in Europe are intended for use in accordance with NATO nuclear strike plans, the report asserts, against targets in Russia or countries in the Middle East such as Iran and Syria. Israel has not confirmed that it has nuclear weapons and officially maintains that it will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East. Yet the existence of Israeli nuclear weapons is a "public secret" by now due to the declassification of large numbers of formerly highly classified US government documents which show that the United States by 1975 was convinced that Israel had nuclear weapons But as the questions says, there should no be nuclear weapons.
