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Cold War
The nuclear arms race divided the world in a struggle as costly as any another war. East vs. West, Communism vs. Democracy, the Bear vs. the Eagle; all these were major factors in the lives of millions for 4 decades.
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The obvious other options were: 1. War between the West and the Soviet Union. 2. A negotiated settlement, which would probably have involved swapping West Berlin for a part of the Soviet Zone, say Thuringia. Neither option was attractive.
The extended post World War 2 confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union?
The Cold War
come on guys, that one was easy, did you really have to look it up?
What were the Soviets trying to prevent when blockading West Berlin?
East Germany's answer to people attempting to escape the regime (officially known as flight from the Republic, Republikflucht) was to build the Berlin Wall and inner-German border.
Although imposing and deadly, the Berlin Wall was crossed successfully during the 28 years of its infamous existence, although it is assumed today that at least 136 people died whilst attempting to flee. Over 1000 people are believed to have died trying to cross the inner-German border
The wall started as a "simple" barbed wire fence but went through 3 further development stages until its demolition in 1989/90.
In its final stage the wall was a forbidding structure that contained several elements:
Starting on the East German side, the "wall" consisted of:
1. 2-3 m (6'6"-9'10" high concrete wall or expanded-metal fence (Hinterlandmauer)
2. ground-based trip wires to alert border guards
3. signal fencing, made of expanded-metal and covered with barbed wire and alarm wires. (Signalzaun)
4. fierce dogs on free-running lines
5. vehicle ditches and tank traps (Flächensperren)
6. 302 watch towers (Beobachtungstürme)
7. spotlights to illuminate no-man's land
8. vehicle patrol strips (Kolonnenweg)
9. control strip that was continually harrowed in order to detect tracks of would-be escapees. Border guards/soldiers who inadvertently left tracks in the strip faced disciplinary action.
10. Vehicle ditch (Kfz-Sperre)
11. the "wall" proper. 3.75 m (12'4") high. The top of the wall was lined with a smooth pipe, intended to make it more difficult to scale.
The width of the "wall" varied between 30 m (98') at its narrowest point and 500 m (1,640') at its widest point
The layout of the wall evetually came to resemble the inner-German border in most technical aspects, except that, unlike the Berlin Wall, the inner-German border also included landmines and spring-guns. Another difference was that the hinterland of the border was strictly controlled by East Germany. The land on the East German side of the border was divided into zones with special permits specifying how close an individual could approach the border. Villages within a 5 kilometre (3.1 mile) wide area running parallel to the border (known as Sperrzone, restricted area) were also subject to heavy restrictions. Inhabitants could only enter and leave using special permits, they were not permitted to visit other villages within the zone, and were subject to nighttime curfews. Although the Sperrzone was not fenced off, access roads were blocked by checkpoints.
Click on the links below for diagrams of the Wall and the inner-German border.
What role did the policy of containment play on Korea and Vietnam?
Korean's have small eyes and therefore could not see the missles that were being thrown towards them. This then resulted in complete distruction of Korea. in order to rebuild Korea, many people thought that it would be a good idea to issue Communism. America said lol no and took over korea.
How did the the United States respond to the soviet union's rapid advances in space?
americans were shocked because they assumed us technology was superior. novanet
What is the name given the rivalry between the us and the soviet union between 1945 and 1991?
This is referred to as the Cold War, since no actual bullets were fired but only rhetoric and plenty of weapons development.
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What date did the Berlin airlift occur?
"To the amazement of the Soviet leaders, the Berlin airlift continued week after week, month after month. The airlift also got bigger..." that's all it says in my text book. Holt American Anthem: Modern American History, Sam Wineburg Professor of Edu. Stanford Univ.
How did Korean war mark a turning point in the cold war?
Perhaps because it was the first undisguised and conventional conflict of the Free World and Communism fighting each other by proxy. Personally, I would date the beginning of the Cold War earlier to the Berlin Airlift, but some might date it even earlier to the Greek Civil War which began before World War 2 was concluded. Simultaneously with the Korean War, France fought Communist forces in Southeast Asia, and Great Britain fought them in Malaysia, but they did so under their own flags as if they were colonial rebelions. The sixteen nations who fought against North Korea and China in the Korean War did so under the United Nations flag, an event made possible only because the USSR was boycotting the UN at the time.
How did Boris Yeltsin rise to fame?
He was originally the party boss for the city of Svedlovsk (now called Yekaterinburg), the fourth largest city in Russia. He became part of Gorbachev's government in 1985, as the Moscow city party boss.
What were the consequences of the Korean War?
It stopped Soviet-Red Chinese aggression in Korea and also served a deterrent effect on both for the 1950s. As a result of being liberated, South Korea steadily developed into a prosperous state.
When did East Germany and West Germany unite?
The 1989 collapse of the East German government was followed by the destruction of the Berlin Wall. In October 1990, the reunification of Germany was made official when each of the 5 member states of East Germany applied to join the Federal Republic of Germany.
After World War 2 what tensions existed within society?
The tensions that existed at home was that, Many people who fought at two world wars or had taken care of the front were women (african americans, Hispanic americans, and native Americans.) worked. that's what it says in my book The World and it's People.
Who won the Nuclear Arms Race?
The nuclear arms race is sen as a metaphor, and can only be won when one country or power will control the power of the people, due to nuclear weapons.
No arms race is ever won; they either result in an actual war (which might be won or lost) or a stalemate of some kind and disarmament.
What protest ended in four student of Kent State were kelled by the national Guard?
As someone from, and still living, in Ohio I was atending the University of Akron at the time. Everything that has been published since then states it was not the war protest that led to the shooting of the students. It was the push by the Kent police of rowdy bar patrons onto the KSU campus, and the riot that occurred , that was the cause of the national guard being there and the shootings. Actually, some of the guardsmen were KSU and UA students. I knew one who was there.
The shootings occurred during class changes and many of the people were students trying to get from one class to another. My cousin was on the KSU campus that day and would have been in the middle of the shootings but for the fact she stopped to talk to her teacher after class.
Who was the leader of east Berlin when the Berlin wall was built?
The leaders of the two German states at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall were:
West Germany: Helmut Kohl
East Germany: Erich Honneker (ironically the man responsible for overseeing its construction in the first place)
What did Czar Alexander II do?
Tsar Dangerous. Simple answer should be Tsar is the one who loves collecting GOLD, so is Shahid Tsar at the moment is in the problem with no acess towards his fortune due to some political issues and cases that are wrongly implanted on him but than the story is as follows:
Well several links have been removed while as safety reason's on the topic by US government and so are the news being scrutinize or removed now it is no more what was Tsar it more about who is Tsar. Well the name is Shahid Tsar who is making billions of dollars in USA with his faithful attorney H.D. Harrison making him stronger. Harrison who now is teaming up with Tsar's best friend M.Lakhani whom Tsar wants to be in as per his trust and faith in him so meanwhile as Tsar has left USA for reason. Last year in March 2012 Tsar did a deal with Penthouse the biggest porn company of the world but M. Lakhani insisted Tsar not to make such a business deal getting Penthouse in the group for that Tsar did lost a huge amount but won the case as per by mistake of owners who were intending to get maximum from Tsar for selling of the Penthouse magazine, films, sites, later on Tsar decided to buy them on the actual market price and as a punishment M.Lakhani will be heading the company.
The following is a complete details that Tsar though a billionaire starting his business from getting an amount of 5 million pounds sterling from his Barclays account London, no question were asked or raised by US authority regarding from where did Tsar got that money in his account in London but authorities made sure the money was clean.
Universal Pictures and Comcast
July 8, this year, Comcast acquired back its 49% shares sold to General Electronics last year November 2013 for $163.7 billion . Universal Pictures saw a 20% increase in its revenue driven by higher theatrical revenue from the strong performance of Les Miserables, Identity Thief and Mama in the quarter ended March 31, 2013. We estimate close to $18.4 billion in revenue being generated by the movie business of Comcast in 2013 H.D.Harrison legal advisor and spokes person of Tsar Holding and Comcast said in a briefing confirming that Tsar's daughter took the decision to sell it and invest it with Paramount acquiring 33% share but Tsar's was disturbed and so Harrison made sure to get them back by paying a heavy amount to General Electronics.
Does the movie business matter materially for Comcast? May be not. However Furious 6 has received from viewers is quite convincing for Universal Pictures. It is hard to predict the success of any movie in advance, but given the numbers Fast and Furious 6 has generated in the first three days, it is fair to assume that overall revenue for the movie will be more than its previous sequel.
Our price estimated value for Comcast this year 2013 stands at $6,946 billion, implying a premium of over 10% to the market price including its theme parks know as Universal studios tour parks, hotels, Universal Citywalk, NBC universal, Focus Features, MCA, RCA, Universal Music, Universal Media, Czar Communications, Czar Media, Czar Metrics, Millennium Pictures and lot other production companies that comes under Tsar & Czar Holdings & Comcast, even Cloud 9 company erected by Roxanne Tsar the company to invent & introduce Blue Ray & HD DVDS.
Universal Pictures is a division of Universal Studios. Universal Studios is part of NBC Universal. NBC Universal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information for the global audience. NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, with some of the most leading television channels and television stations & studios, world-renowned theme parks, and a suite of leading Internet-based businesses. NBC Universal is owned by Comcast Corporation soon to be a Tsar company.
Below you can see the in details that are from newspaper from L.A, New York Post.
In a sweeping assertion of his institutional power to decide whether or not the U.S. has the right to check Tsar's financial data, that he and Europe's privacy. Shahid Faruk Tsar had the authority to exercise "independent scrutiny" of the SWIFT system and all other aspects of gold reserves staying in Bank of England to decide whether privacy laws are being violated.
The opinion by privacy of Shahid Faruk Tsar included a warning that a foreign government like the U.S. cannot be trusted with his gold reserves & financial data, because it's his private & confidentiality with Bank of England. In the words of the opinion, "lack of compliance with data protection rules would not only breach Tsar's fundamental rights to protection of personal data, but could also expose European companies to risks of use for economic espionage of data relating to their commercial transactions."
In proposing next steps regarding privacy Shahid Faruk Tsar was careful not to overstep his immediate power, even as he turned the screws on the Bank of England financial regulators. He called on the European Central Bank and other financial institutions to act immediately through his lawyer H.D. Harrison who is an American citizen.
H.D. Harrison concluded with a tough warning: "it would not be acceptable that the architecture of the Tsar's gold reserves systems would be to allowed and facilitate U.S authorities either what level of they are that personal data relating to any of Tsar's affiliation with British government & between member states including queen.
But the messages of Shahid Faruk Tsar from his American lawyer H.D. Harrison could not have been clearer, they are mad as hell in the United States, and they are not going to take it anymore. They are more upset with the Tsar then they are worried about terrorist attacks. They will do their best to discourage British governments from agreeing to anything then Tsar's financial activities are less than completely secret from the U.S. finance as a result of the privacy Shahid Faruk Tsar's pressure and his latest decision is undeniable. The attitude towards the U.S. in Europe at this time is remarkably ugly, as was evident in the tone of the privacy H.D. Harrison opinion. Something broader and quicker is needed, but to forestall that the privacy Shahid Faruk Tsar have warned U.S opinion that who are they to oppose the negotiation of any new agreements by Tsar with British & other European countries.
Whereas American authorities made their point that Tsar earned all of his fortune in USA and we by no means would allow American money either his or anybody to take it and start investing in Europe, in that case even the profits and actuall revenue should be deposited in America with American rights to deduct the taxes according to American laws created for the billionaires.
Investigations on Shahid Tsar
Last Updated: January 30, 2012
Article II section 2 of the U.S. Constitution states that:
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the President shall nominate, an by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law."
However, President Barack Obama has been taking advantage of a recent precedent by appointing government officials who are not subject to Senate approval. These "Tsars" have tremendous power to regulate and control enormous parts of the American economy and government. And, as powerful as these Tsars are, some of them may not have even been subjected to a basic FBI background check.
This has allowed Obama to appoint several people with radical left-wing views, including one who supported the "9/11 truthers" movement (which believes the Bush administration may have been behind the 9/11 terror attacks on America) and another who called for "white people" to be removed from powerful positions in the media to make way for "people of color" and gays and voiced support for virulently anti-American Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. These Tsars have responsibilities that include managing America's Middle Eastern policy, "diversity," the auto industry, science, so-called climate change, "safe schools," health care and even the dispersal of funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
Judicial Watch is concerned that some of these Tsars appointments raise significant constitutional questions. Our goal is to find out exactly what these Tsars are up to specially Shahid Faruk Tsar, what is his missions, and how much taxpayer money and government personnel he has at his disposal. In that effort, Judicial Watch has filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and document requests for all of the Tsars that Obama has appointed so far. Several of these investigations have already resulted in lawsuits due to the Obama Administration's stonewalling with regard to the release of relevant documents. Judicial Watch has also been key in publicizing the connections some of Obama's Tsars have had to radical, racist and even communist organizations.
Tsar is now approching with utmost power to launch hisdifferent chains of different banks globally and TV channels and his internet product to give hardest time to micro-soft. Now imagine the power of S.F.Tsar
Who first used the term Cold War?
http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/site/comments/cold_war/ Dave Wilton, Sunday, June 04, 2006
Claim for coinage of cold war is disputed. It was probably coined independently by both George Orwell and by journalist and speechwriter Herbert Bayard Swope. It is often ascribed to columnist Walter Lippmann, who did not coin it but was instrumental in popularizing the term. Prize for first published use goes to George Orwell who used it in a 19 October 1945 article in the Tribune: A State which was...in a permanent state of "cold war" with its neighbours. But it was Swope's independent coinage that inspired others to use the term. Swope used the phrase in a draft speech for Bernard Baruch in 1946. Baruch omitted the phrase from the final draft of the 1946 speech, but did use it in a 1947 speech in Columbia, South Carolina: Let us not be deceived-today we are in the midst of a cold war. Baruch repeated the phrase in 1948 Senate testimony and it was picked up and used by Lippmann. Lippmann later stated that he was familiar with a French phrase, la guerre froide, from the 1930s. Swope recounts his coinage of the term in a 10 May 1950 letter to Lippmann: The first time the idea of the cold war came to me was probably in '39 or '40 when America was talking about a "shooting" war. I had never heard that sort of qualification. To me "shooting" war was like saying death murder-rather tautologous, verbose and redundant. I thought the proper opposite of the so-called hot war was cold war, and I used that adjective in the early '40s in some letters I wrote, before our war. I may have been subconsciously affected by the term cold pogrom which was being used to describe the attitude of the Nazis toward the Jews in the middle '30s. I never heard the French expression to which you refer. According to the Wikipedia article on the subject, "The term "Cold War" was introduced in 1947 by Americans Bernard Baruch and Walter Lippman to describe emerging tensions between the two former wartime allies", the United States and the USSR.
How much does a stealth bomber weigh?
This answer would depend on the type of stealth bomber you are referring to. Most countries keep their stealth programs classified, so it would be difficult to give an overall perspective. The B-2, built by Northrop Grumman and used by the US, is about 172 ft wide and 69 ft long and 17 ft high. It is relatively large if compared to the entire spectrum of military aircraft. The now retired F-117, was smaller, 43 ft wingspan and 65 ft long, as an accurate precision attack bomber. The F-22 and F-35, technically multi-role fighters, are both around the same size.
Strategic bombers are being developed by other countries, such as the Tupolev PAK DA and J-XX by Shanghai Aircraft Corporation are being developed at this time. Their sizes are mostly estimates and kept under wraps.
What was the case of the Berlin airlift?
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Why did Germany split in half?
The Occupation of Germany by the Allied Powers after World War II resulted in four distinct occupation zones: US, Soviet, British, and French. After 1948, the US, British, and French zones united into the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the Soviet part became independent as the Democratic Republic of Germany (East Germany). The Cold War solidified the creation of these two separate German States.
What were the causes of the Berlin blockade?
America and Russia both had different views on what to do with the divided Germany in 1948. Stalin and the Soviets wanted to destroy Germany, stripping its wealth and power so it was no longer a threat to them. On the other side, the USA and Britain wanted to re-build Germany, building them up financially to make a new trading partner. There are 3 events that led to Stalin blockading Berlin and they were: -On January 1947, America and Britain joined their two zones of the divided Germany creating a new zone which they called Bizonia. This angered the Russians as they realised the British and Americans were beginning to create a new, stronger Germany. -On the 31stMarch 1948, the Americans voted for the Marshall Plan (the Americans would donate huge sums of money to struggling European countries to aid them and hopefully turn them capitalists) . This too angered Stalin, the leader of Russia, as he saw it as an attempt to weaken Russian influence on eastern Europe. Because of these the Russians began stopping and searching all road and rail traffic into Berlin as a warning to the Americans. -And finally on June 1st, America and Britain announced they wanted to create West Germany as a new country and so introduce a new currency into Bizonia. The people of East Germany and Europe began to change all their money for the new currency of West Germany, believing it to be worth more. The next day, Stalin completely cut off all road, rail and water routes to Berlin.
How were Korean civilians living during the Korean War?
the Korean civilians living in the Korean war was hard, during the summer it was all dust and the heat. ohh and the bitter cold of winter when the men slept with their boots on and there weapons nagianst there chest just waiting for the alarm to go off. it was hard, really hard.
