Cold War

When the Soviet Union fell in 1991, Cuba lost its most powerful ally. The Soviet Union helped the small Island a large amount in an economic fashion and gave Cuba a safety blanket against the US. After 1991, the affect of communism on the Western Hemisphere severly lessened and Cuba is considered a considerably smaller threat now.

Hitler viewed Communism as a Jewish plot. He connected the two. His war on Jews was a war on Communism, and his invasion of the USSR was an extension of his war on Jews.

There's alot of people who say "Hitler might have won WW2 if he hadn't invaded Russia". I disagree. But it certainly hurt his cause. The problem with the statement though is that when you presume Hitler not invade Russia you change the fundamental ideology and character of the man. His invasion was always part of the plan. He announced it years earlier in Mein Kampf.

And Stalin read Mein Kampf. He knew Hitler would attack...but he wrongly assumed Hitler would wait until the war in the west was done. Stalin had just purged his generals and was in the middle of a military rebuilding project that he THOUGHT he had 2-3 years to complete when Hitler attacked.

Some get rich because of wars.

Some loose everything they've ever owned.

A very few become powerful.

A great number are rendered powerless.

Many ar scared by wars.

Many gladly do the scaring.

Wars elevate a select few to fame.

Wars create a few who become infamous.

Wars destroy.

Wars maim.

Wars kill.

When it came to nuclear weapons, his policy was "trust but verify." In other words if the Soviet Union agreed to stop producing weapons or if they said they were disassembling them we would trust them but we wanted proof. It's kind of like an oxymoron. He did say at one point that the Soviet Union was an evil empire.

He described the then Soviet Union as the Empire of Evil.

Mikhail Gorbachev (born 1931) was the last leader of the USSR, from 1985 to 1991. As General Secretary of the Communist Party, he introduced the policies of "perestroika" (restructuring) and "glasnost" (openness).

Gorbachev was the last head of state of the Soviet Union (1988-1991) before its breakup. He was replaced by Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007), the first President of the Russian Republic.

The Cold War began as World War II was ending. American leaders saw the power and ambitions of the Soviet Union as a threat to our national security. The Cold War was a war of words and ideologies rather than a shooting war, although at times the Cold War turned “hot” as in Korea and Vietnam. Basically, the Cold War was a rivalry between the United States as leader of the western democracies, and the Soviet Union and the nations that were controlled by the communists. Some causes of the Cold War included: Attempts by the Soviets and Chinese Communists to influence and take over areas in Asia and Europe. Containment--the policy of the United States to stop communism from spreading to other areas of the world. The Truman Doctrine--a policy of supporting anti-communist regimes with military and economic aid. The Doctrine was first used in support of democratic governments in Greece and Turkey. The Marshall Plan--a massive plan to aid in rebuilding Europe after World War II. Western allied nations, as well as neutral nations, and even the Soviet Union were offered economic assistance. The Soviet Union saw this as a threat to their attempt to gain influence in Europe and Asia. The division of Germany after the war---The Soviets blockaded West Berlin, which was deep within Communist East Germany. The Soviets thought the blockade would allow them to take over all of Berlin. The US replied with the Berlin Airlift, to supply West Berlin. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 by the US, Canada, and nine European nations, the first peacetime military alliance in US History. The NATO nations agreed that an attack on one would be an attack on all. The Soviets replied with the Warsaw Pact, a military alliance of communist nations in Eastern Europe. September, 1949, the Soviet Union tested its first Atomic Bomb. The Cold War continued through the decades of the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, until the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Senator Joseph McCarthy searched for communist card holders in the US government and in Hollywood. To him, these people were a danger to US security. That is why he searched for them. His misguided intent was to protect the US. Instead he went "overboard".

The Korean War never ended, and they are still under an armistice to this day. (Ulala)

The north was left under Kim Il Sung, and now Kim Jung Il. They live in poverty, fearful of their "Great Leader". Families were split, and only recently have they been allowed to reunite under the watchful eyes of the police, carefully orchestrated by the government to win favour from the world superpowers.

The south was left as a republic, and fought hard for 50 years through bad leaders and quasi-democracy to be a success.

The Korean War brought the US and Russia further apart, and the fear of communism would later lead the US to throw itself into Vietnam, to avoid another North Korea. Back then, communism was the big evil and the US feared North Vietnam's intentions. The world was being divided between nations under the US and the Russian spheres.

The Korean War was a necessary show of strength on the US side, that they would do anything to prevent the spread of communism. It also brought China into conflict with the US, bringing bad feelings between the two countries which would last for decades.

Well probably the most significant is that the Korean Peninsula is still one of the last divided zones left over from WWII. After the war, most of the world was divided between the Communist and Western controlled zones. Korea was no different, except the divide was North-South instead of East-West. The Soviets were able to administer the Northern sector while the West was made responsible for the South. Because of UN involvement on behalf of South Korea, the divide remained. In fact, had certain errors in judgment not been made the UN forces may have been able to liberate the entire peninsula. This was thwarted due to Chinese involvement which pushed UN forces back to the original boundary line before the UN forces finally regrouped and managed to hold their ground. To this day, American troops are stationed along the border between the Koreas and there are still reports of sporadic firing. The Korean War is technically not over; all that's keeping the two sides from going to war again is a cease-fire agreement. That and now both sides it would seem either have, or have allies who possess nuclear weapons. The war also created a strong bond between South Korea and the United States, although that bond has becomes strained which as of late given the movement in South Korea towards unification or at least to a common feeling of brotherhood between all Koreans. This is purely my opinion, but I find the South Korean desire to join with the North incredibly naive. Until Kim Jong Il and the autocracy that supports him is abolished, there will never be a unified Korean Peninsula, because the US will never abandon its positions on that line holding back the North Korean Army.

Korea may also have been looked at as a model for future anti-communist wars like Vietnam, and thus served as a dangerous precedent. It was also one of the first serious military tasks of the United Nations, which proved--at least in that era--it was capable of taking action, even if it only was due to, to paraphrase Frederick the Great, "the divine stupidity of our enemies." The Soviet minister to the UN was not present when the Security Council voted to deploy military forces to aid South Korea after the North attacked, which meant that the resolution passed.

There were several spots where direct war between the United States and Soviet Union seemed likely.

Berlin Airlift - In 1948, the Soviets blocked all highway access to Berlin in the belief that they could force the city to join East Germany and eventually control all of Germany. The US Air Force and other western allies came to the aid of Berlin. More than 80 lives were lost and there were numerous violent encounters. Both sides prepared for invasion.

Korean War - The Soviets boycotted the United Nations vote on support for South Korea and the US ramrodded through a UN invasion to stop the communist North Koreans from taking over the whole country. Chinese 'volunteers' joined the fight and drove the US / UN forces back. Less well known is that Soviet planes and pilots joined the bombing of US forces. At times US and Soviets were fighting directly without knowing it.

Vietnam War - The US had military advisors and later over 530,000 combat forces in Vietnam. Several incidents during the war risked direct Soviet involvement. Among these was an American incursion into the North in search of a POW camp. The POWs were not there but hundreds of Soviet support troops were present and they were killed in great numbers by attack helicopters and Green Berets. Later, the US bombed Hanoi and Haiphong (after promising not to do so) and a number of Soviet military and civilians were killed. Some were antiaircraft technicians and some were crewmen on freighters in the harbor. The Soviets were extremely upset by the death of their people.

Cuba - The Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis both brought the US and Soviet Union to the brink of direct warfare. The Soviets placed hundreds of nuclear-capable medium range missiles in Cuba and were preparing to make them active. Some present-day sources say the Soviets had dozens of missiles actually ready to launch with nuclear warheads. American forces were on standby for bombing and invasion of Cuba. Several thousand Soviet combat troops were in Cuba, along with thousands of engineers and technicians. Pro-war generals on each side tried to bait the other side into direct warfare.

Something so evil and corrupt, I can't bear to see it written. In fact, you should protect yourself and avoid looking too.

Google, the search of which is faster than actually typing up the above question, will tell you almost instantly.

HINT: Communism, what else?

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an "iron curtain" that kept them safe from new invaders. it caused the cold war because many nations overrearcted

It was the 1960s and early 70s in the US, most women didn't work outside the home. They were housewives, and cooked dinner every night. Vietnam was really the first televised war, and reporters were allowed to participate to an even greater extent than they do now, accompanying soldiers on any mission they wanted to. Many families ate dinner in front of the TV every night while the news played horrific footage of the war.

After WWII the allies split Germany into 4 zones one occupied by France, one by GB, one by Russia and one by America. GB France and America implanted a capitalist democracy into their zones - these three zones (which were virtually borderless) became the FRG (Federal Republic of Germany). East Germany which was occupied by Russia became the German Democratic Republic and had a single party socialist government. Berlin, however, was split as well between the allies creating a small island of the FGR within the GDR. After this division of Germany the Cold War began and Germany became polarized. Since many Germans were unhappy with life in the East they moved into the FGR, this was called the "brain drain" since many intelligent individuals left the socialist area. Due to the brain drain and rising tensions between Russia and the US the Berlin Wall went up overnight and German citizens living in East Berlin were not allowed to travel to the west. Families were separated, and many people died in attempts to cross the boarder to the west.

North Korea & Communist China. Also the Soviet Union had some of their pilots secretly involved in the fighting.

It was not just the US that fought to save South Korea. Other UN nations sent troops to fight alongside the US.

A ceasefire stopped the fighting on July 27, 1953. There was an armistice signed by North Korea, China and the UN but not South Korea. Korea is still split into North Korea, which is communist, and South Korea which is non-communist. The border, protected by a demilitarized zone, was established along the 38th parallel. Before the armistice, talks had gone on for nearly 2 years. Eisenhower had promised that if he was elected in the election of 1952, he would go to Korea and end the war. There was no simple way to end the conflict. Talks had collapsed in October 1952. In 1953, the US threatened to bomb China, but eventually a ceasefire was declared between UN forces and Korean/Chinese forces. The "De-Militarized Zone" which designates the border between North and South Korea has remained one of the most heavily-armed stretches of land on Earth. The stability of the region is threatened by the development of nuclear weapons by North Korea. === ===
Through an armistice on July 27, 1953

There are no deserts in South Korea.

It's the size of Ohio, c'mon.

There are supposedly dry areas up in the mountain plains in North Korea, but that's about it. Usually, South Korea suffers from floods every summer.

The Soviet Union were communists and the United States were Democracies.

It is the US who won the Space Race because they had Neil Armstrong being the first man on the moon. The USSR did, however, achieve a number of significant firsts such as the first man and woman in space, first manned and unmanned orbit of the earth, first spacewalk (although a crude one), first satellite, and first object to go into solar orbit (although this was an error - it was intended for the moon.)

both adhere to the principle that the resources of the economy should be collectively owned by the public and controlled by a central organization

The US and the USSR were the leaders of their respective sides during the cold war.

It was called the "dirty war" (la sale guerre) by the French communists and leftist intellectuals during the Henri Martin affair in 1950 because it aimed to perpetuate French imperialism.

The destruction of the Berlin wall began, not as the result of anyone's order, but rather it was the result of the final breakdown of authority of the East German Government. The demolition of the wall could be said to have developed out of an international press conference which began in East Berlin on 9 November 1989. There had been massive demonstrations against political repression for months. As the peace conference ended, greater freedom of travel was announced for people of the German Democratic Republic. At midnight, the East German government allowed gates along the Wall to be opened after hundreds of people converged on crossing points. In the following weeks, many people then took to the wall with hammers and chisels, dismantling it piece by piece.

The official demolition of the Berlin wall began on 13 June 1990, and was undertaken by former East German border guards overseeing contractors, under a democratically elected government.

Sputnik I was launched from the USSR on October 4, 1957.