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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
How did Mutually Assured Destruction help stop a nuclear war?
Mutually Assured Destruction made sure that both the United States and Russia were too scared to launch their nuclear munitions at one another (no matter how much they'd like to).
How does Communist relate to the Cold War?
America didn't trust Russia because they were communist. both Russia and America were in a time of distrust with each other, thinking they may go to war. this time was called the "cold war"
How did you get the technology for the stealth bomber?
Reverse engineering from alien spacecraft recoved
What does Kennedy maintain is the purpose for Soviet military buildup in Cuba?
first strike capiblity
In what ways has Russia improved since the breakup of the soviet union?
Russian citizens can elect their own leaders
They enjoy more freedom of speech
The eastern European Warsaw Pact is the counterpart to what western group?
The Simple answer is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
What was the rivalry for world leadership between US and Soviet Union Called?
The US-USSR rivalry was known as the "Cold War" lasted from 1947-1991. However to be accurate , the term included the Western Bloc (US - NATO - Japan) and the Eastern Bloc countries of the Soviet Union, it's Eastern Bloc allies, and occasionally China. As opposed to a 'hot' or shooting war, the 'cold' war was basically a political and economic struggle for global supremacy.
Who were the casualties of the cold war?
There were many casualties of the Cold War. The main casualties were political deaths in China during the "Great Leap Forward". Americans, Russians, Koreans, Vietnamese were also victims among others.
Did the U.S. intervene in the affairs of Latin America?
{| |- | The US was heavily involved in South America. The Monroe Doctrine was the policy used to justify that involvement. South America was in our backyard and we didn't want hostile elements and instability to control the events there. |}
Yugoslavia and Albania
What was Dr Rascher's main role in the Holocaust?
He was one of those notorious SS doctors at Dachau and a fraudster. See the link below for more detail.
When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb the us response was?
When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the US response was to increase its own arsenal and its own testing of nuclear weapons.
What diplomatic and strategic errors led to the Korean War?
As with all wars, there were numerous factors in play, both on the Korean Peninsula and on the world stage. Some of the decisions made can be seen as, and may have been, errors.
- The decision by two politically opposite nations to invade Korea and set up a government was probably the first of these. The US and the USSR agreed to invade the Korean Peninsula to expel the Japanese at the end of WW2. The US was to invade from the south while the USSR invaded from the north, with both stopping at the 38th parallel. Once WW2 was over, each facilitated the establishment of a government which met their political ideals. With the two ideologies being polar opposites, it was just a matter of time until there was conflict.
- Another "error" was made by then US Secretary of State Acheson, who stated in his National Press Club speech on January 12, 1950 that the US Pacific defense perimeter was a line from the Philippines to the RyuKyu Archipelago to Japan to the Aleutian Islands. This statement may have sent the wrong signal to Kim Il Sung (Premier of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and Joseph Stalin.
- Kim Il Sung may have believed that the UN, backed mainly by the US, would not respond to the invasion with military force. He evidently didn't factor in the absence of the USSR from the UN Security Council.
- The USSR, which was protesting the Chinese seat on the Security Council, which was at the time held by the Republic of China, not the People's Republic of China, was not present at the UN Security Council meeting which adopted UN Security Council Resolution 82. If Stalin had sent an envoy to the UNSC, he could have vetoed the resolution.
Did North Korea modeled itself after the former Soviet Union in developing its economy?
North Korea modeled itself after the former Soviet Union in developing its economy. The objective was to attain self-sufficiency in terms of economy.
{| |- | The primary opponents were the US and the Soviet Union. The US was supported by NATO while the Soviet Union had the Soviet Bloc. While they were opponents, they did not actually have a war going on that was hot, they weren't shooting at each other. There were numerous engagements with others that were bullets were flying. |}
Soviet Union
What type of curtain divided eastern and western Europe during the cold war?
i believe it was called the "iron curtain" that divided eastern and western Europe
How was the Korean war an extension of the ideological conflict of the cold war?
1. It wasn't an extension.
2. The cold war wasn't a war. It was a tense arm's race in which each side "eyed" each other (didn't trust each other) and was waiting for the other to make a bad move (go for his gun-go for that nuclear button). Then the shooting would start (atomic war)...but it never did.
3. The Korean War was "a gunfight" during that "tense arm's race." A limited war in which no one dared to use a nuke and begin WWIII. Or MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction).
Really simply put: The Korean War was a hot battle of the cold war. So was Vietnam. Except they won that particular hot battle.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics helped citezens by?
robbing them of their individuality, forcing them to work in labor camps, and intentionally starving tens of millions of people to death to insure that everyone had enough food. :)
Turkey. However they were already obsolete Jupiter and Thor missiles that we were already planning on removing before the Cuban Missile crisis. It was an easy trade for the US.
Why did the fall of the Berlin wall lead to a bloodless revolution?
It didn't! The fall of the Berlin Wall was the result of a "bloodless revolution".
What was Berlin Wall built out of?
The Berlin Wall was not just a simple "wall" but an almost impregnable set of barriers developed over more than 20 years to prevent East Germans escaping to West Germany. It was known colloquially as der Todesstreifen - the strip of death. The Berlin Wall has also been known to have had brokken peaces of glass into it.
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.
How long did the Soviet blockade of East Germany last?
The Soviet blockade of West Berlin, known as the Berlin Blockade lasted from 24 June 1948 - 12 May 1949.
