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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.
6,177 Questions
Which government was responsible for building the Berlin Wall?
It was built by the East German government is close consultation with the Soviet government.
How did the potsdam conference help bring about the cold war?
The Potsdam conference helped reinforce the Soviet's idea that the Allies were trying to keep them weak by withholding reparations. Leading them to believe that the Allies wanted to attack and conquer Russia.
Was NATO created after the cold war?
No, it was created during the cold war for the purpose of defense of western European states and north American states from the soviets
Different places the Berlin Wall was located?
As its name suggests, the Berlin Wall was in Berlin. It ran north to south across the middle of Berlin. There was also a much longer barrier across the middle of Germany, about 100 miles west of Berlin, separating East Germany from West Germany.
The hydrogen bomb, which is incredibly destructive would fit into the "massive retaliation" part of the "mutually assured destruction" policy. Such a weapon makes the game of brinkmanship all the more important, because a fall into all-out war would be the destruction of major metropolises and millions of casualties instantly.
US fears about the spread of communism were increased when who became a communist nation in 1949?
China fell to the communists despite US Aid to the Chiang Kaishek and the Nationalists. We did not accept Communist China as a country until Richard Nixon and the Shanghai Communique. China did have mass deaths and famine, but this did not occur in 1949. This occured 10 years later under Maos great leap forward in which opposition to the party were executed and people died of mass starvtion.
This is also known as the year of shocks because it was the year the soviets had tested their first nuclear weapon. This came as a shock because our intellegence had been saying the soviets were years away from obtaining the bomb. It was later discovered that their were spies in the US (which lead to more fear of communism) and the people responsible were the Rosenbergs.
Also, in 1948 Alger Hiss was accused of being a communist. He was proven innocent however. Later that year they had discovered incriminating evidence in a pumpkin ( its true) and Alger Hiss was convicted of Purgery in the 1950's. Alger Hiss was a high ranking official in the state department. The Soviet Threat of espionage facilitated the growth of Fear in the United States.
What was the outcome for Cuba after the Cold war?
The outcome for Cuba was that the Souviet Union gave it money
When and where did Stalin say his quote that 'Ideas are more powerful than guns'?
I don't believe he ever said it while he was alive, but since the Internet was invented, he's said it thousands of times!
What was the Marshall Plan impact on communism and Cold War?
From the perspective of the 'Free West,' the Marshall Plan implemented by the United States in the post-World War II era may be said to have had a negative impact on Communism and a positive impact on the Cold War. Its generous support of war-torn nations often prevented Communists or Communist-supported parties from gaining control in various European (and other) nations. At the same time, it positively impacted the Cold War inasmuch as it enabled a 'reborn' Western (and Southern) Europe to serve as a powerful deterrent to any direct or outright Soviet aggression within Europe itself.
What term is related to the cold war policy of President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles?
Brinksmanship
What was Eisenhowers approach to foreign affairs during the cold war?
US President Dwight D. Eisenhower believed the Communist Bloc of nations headed by the Soviet Union was the US's greatest threat. He believed in strong defensive and a containment policy with the USSR.
What is a successful reintroduction program?
It is a rehab for animals that have came close to extincion.
Which of these is not an example of community?
an individual who is raising money for cancer research.
How did the cold war affected Ethiopia?
In a blink of an eye, everything can change. It happened when Mengistu Haile Mariam was appointed to chairman of the military and head of state of Ethiopia on February 11, 1977. Throughout the rest of Mariam's first year of reign, Ethiopia tried to suppress its opponents and enemies. Maxamed Siyaad Barre, president of Somalia, realized that Ethiopia was having major opposition against its own military and government, causing a lot of confusion and warfare.
Barre used this opportunity to attack Ethiopia. His army consisted of 50,000 soldiers (15,000 from the Western Somalia Liberation Front, and 35,000 regular Somalians). These soldiers started to go into the Ogaden, the eastern territory of Ethiopia, in May through June of 1977. They weeded their way into Ethiopian day-to-day life, having a huge effect on what they did. In July of 1977, treacherous warfare broke out.
Mariam's armed forces consisted of only 24,000 soldiers with limited weapons. Predictably, Barre had over twice as many fighting men and women as Mariam. The resulted was obvious: after two long months of fighting, Barre controlled ninety percent of the Ogaden. He started pushing his military units and forcing Mariam's units into non-Ethiopian territories and countries.
Allies of Ethiopia saw this as a huge threat and helped out. North Korea, Cuba, and the Soviet Union supported Mariam and his troops by giving Ethiopia dozens helicopter pilots, thousands of soldiers, weapons and military aid. Finally, after thirteen long, bloody months, Ethiopia (with help from its allies) gained back control over the Ogaden, and the Ogaden war was finally over.
How did Truman respond to the strikes and inflation in 1946?
Because of the inflation, workers and unions wanted wages to catch up after years of wage controls, strikes by railroads and mine workers threatened national safety.
Truman took a tough approach to this challenge, he seized mines and used soldiers to keep them from operating until the United Mine Workers finally called off its strike.
How many people died from the Berlin blockade?
As I understand it nobody died due to the Soviet blockade of Berlin. The US Air Force began flying in supplies long before that would have become an issue. A few deaths did result from airplane crashes during the airlift operations to supply Berlin.
However of course some people did die during the period of the Soviet blockade of Berlin but those were from the usual causes people die from and were not directly connected to the blockade.
How did Yugoslavia and France escape from the bipolar alliances of the cold war?
Yogoslavia and France escaped from the bipolar alliance of the cold war by withdrawing from NATO military structures and expelling all of their NATO troops.
The cold war was part of the context for?
The Cold War was part of the context for John F. Kennedy's inaugural address.
Why was the CIA created in 1947?
The CIA was created in 1947 to replace the WWII OSS, as it was now the Cold War, and correct intelligence information was essential in maintaining the security of the US
Curiously, it was signed into effect by Harry Truman within four weeks immediately after the Roswell Incident.
Its first director was Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter (former rear admiral), and the first Secretary of Defense, also created in 1947, was former Sec. of the Navy, James Forrestal.
What nations did Latvia side with during the Cold War?
Latvia was not an independent country during the Cold War. From 1944 to 1991 Latvia was part of the Soviet Union (USSR).
So it was on the side of the USSR, because it was the USSR.
When did the French stop trying to regain Vietnam during the 20th century?
In 1954 (during the Cold War, 9 years after World War II ended), the French were defeated at Dien Bien Phu, a location in northeastern North Vietnam next to Laos. The French had been intending to regain French Indochina, the group of colonies that France had conquered back in the 1860s during the Imperialism Era, but Vietnamese Communists and Nationalists united to fend off the invading French.
The French also decided to quit trying to regain Indochina because the French citizens started questioning whether this invasion was worth the lives and money that were costing the French.
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) and other Vietnamese nationalists had founded the Vietminh (Independence League), and he was leading the partiallly-divided Vietnam at the time as a nationalist Communist.
The policy of containment was the theory that communism was scattered and could be contained as a method of preventing its spread. The Truman Doctrine supported United States intervention whenever the Soviet Union attempted to take authoritarian control, or pressure smaller democratic countries. The Marshall Plane provided restoration funding for the allies, with the exclusion of Russia. NATO formed a group that would join with the other member countries to protect countries from invasion or aggression from belligerent countries. The four policies served the purpose of uniting the allies, containing the communist threat, promising to assist countries who were being bullied upon by the Soviet Union, and joining other NATO allies in keeping peace in western Europe.
Who was responsible for the cold war Stalin or Churchill?
If the blame for the Cold War must fall upon a single person, then that person would definitely be Stalin.
