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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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What three Cold War incidents occurred between 1959 and 1962?
Bay of Pigs/Cuban Missile Crises/U-2 Spyplane
What did western nations contribute?
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What happened to Francis Gary Powers in the U-2 incident?
After his plane was hit he bailed out manually (ejecting would have killed him by amputating both legs just below the hip joint), was captured, then traded in a spy swap and returned to the US.
Was the Tsar weakened by the First World War?
The Tsar wasn't weakened by World War One, he was overthrown, arrested and executed as a result of it. The entire Royal household was also executed to prevent a reinstatement. Centuries of oppression of the Russian people by the Tsar's was brought to a head by the deaths of so many Russian troops and the hardships that occurred at home. An extremely embarrassing and expensive defeat of the Russian Navy by the Japanese in a brief war prior to World War One set the stage, and the 1914 war proved to be the tipping point.
Did Berlin blockade force the western powers to leave the city?
Did the Berlin blockade force the western powers to leave the city
What was a blacklist in the cold war?
It was a list of people considered to be enemies of the state (Federal Government) or spies. These people were either interned or arrested and tried. It did not matter what their racial or national background was: if they suspected or had proof of someone being an enemy of the state they were dealt with.
How cold is going to be today?
It depends on where you happen to be in the world. Local weather-forecast programmes on the TV or radio is the best source on what to expected regarding the likely temperature.
Which domestic development resulted most directly from the Cold War?
An increase in science education.
What were some the actions not taken by the main adversaries in the cold war?
The main actions between the main adversaries, for which the world should be grateful for, was that an all out nuclear war did not happen.
Which long-standing institution became compromised after the Cold War?
The military-industrial complex
Did the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall plan cause the Cold War?
No. Neither did. The Cold War was the result of the time after WW2 and the term comes from a speech given by Churchill. The main reason for the Cold War is the philosophy that world had to be made safe for democracy and that communism had to be stopped. When Stalin was given the Baltic nations he was given power to control a major part of Eastern Europe and half of Germany. The Great fear from that point was he wanted to control the western nations of Europe and the political process expressed this fear. The American buildup of forces in Germany was a prime example of this. They were there to stop a Russian invasion from Poland.
The military-industrial complex
An arms race, in its original usage, is a competition between two or more parties to have the best armed forces. Each party competes to produce larger numbers of weapons, greater armies, superior military technology, etc. in a technological escalation.
The Cold War was a period of tension that existed between western powers (Europe, UK, USA, Canada etc) and the Soviet Union (Communist Russia etc). It started about 1946 , shortly after the Second World War, when the Soviet Union showed that it had no intention of removing its forces from the areas of Europe it had taken over during the war. It produced an arms race and led to various crises and alerts (Berlin Airlift, Cuban Missile Crisis, Berlin Wall, etc) until the Soviet Union collapsed and broke up in 1991.
No serious fighting ever took place directly between the two groups so that is why it is called a Cold War. It is called a war because there was constant threat of war . It also contributed the tension that produced the Korean War and the Vietnam War and conflicts with Cuba and with Communists guerrillas in Africa.
The Cold War is often described as a "war of words" between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. This description is a reminder of the fact that the military forces of the U.S. and U.S.S.R. have never fought each other in a "hot," bloody war. The argument, though, was heated. In fact, sometimes the argument became so strong that it seemed that a fighting war might break out. Because each side feared such a war, each produced many war planes, battleships, tanks, guided missiles, and atomic bombs.
What is the primary purpose of a proxy war?
to allow powerful countries to engage in conflicts without directly fighting each other - APEX
The Berlin Airlift.
What event prompted Stalin to impose the Berlin Blockade?
Stalin and the USSR were concerned by the May 1946 election of anti-communists in Berlin and the Soviet occupation zone of Germany. In March 1948, the US extended the Marshall Plan to the Allied occupation zones, and the London 6-Power Conference prepared to establish a federal government there.
Following the partition of Berlin, the entire Soviet zone was isolated as the communist puppet state called the German Democratic Republic (GDR or "East Germany"), shortly after the Berlin Airlift concluded in 1949.
How did the idea of mutually assured destruction affect the Cold War?
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It promoted peace by preventing either country from attacking first because of the certainty of an immediate counterattack.
To promote democratic ideals in communist territories
the policy of aiding resistance efforts in communist countries in order to roll back Soviet influence in the world
