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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
Why is the switch for an appliance always placed in the live wire?
If a switch was on the neutral wire the live wire would still be at the mains potential even when the switch was off. This would cause on en electric shock when one handles any conductor linked to the live wire
Where can one purchase curtain tie backs?
The largest online marketplace in the world, Amazon has a wide variety of eyelet curtains for sale. The eyelet curtains available come in various styles and designs.
When was the internet available after ARPAnet?
ARPANET stands for the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. It went live in the year 1969 and was superseded by NSFNET in 1990.
How long did the franks stay in hiding?
The Franks stayed in hiding in the Secret Annex for about two years, from July 1942 to August 1944, before they were discovered and arrested by the Nazis. Anne Frank documented their time in hiding in her famous diary.
How was Yugoslavia affected by the end of the Cold War?
Yugoslavia's government became unstable, and the country became involved in a series of ethnic wars.
What refroze the thaw in the cold war?
The cold war was refrozen with the U-2 incident. In 1960, an American U-2 Spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. At first the U.S. tried to deny the spy mission, but was forced to admit it when faced with evidence. This event broke the already tenuous relationship down.
Who was the USSR leader during cold war?
Joseph Stallin, Veladimir Putin and Gorbachof were the famous Russian leaders during cold war.
Joseph Stalin was the dictator until 1953 when he died, and then Nikita Khrushchev was the new dictator. but they also had a provisional government setup and then replaced with bolsheviks, then also the czar and vladimir lenin ruled sometime around the cold war.
Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khruschev, Leonid Breznev, Constantine Chernyenko and, until the Soviet Unions' dissolution that is from 1985 til 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev. Those spellings might not be accurate but that is the list
What event became a symbol of the conflict of Cold War during the 1980 Olympics?
The men's ice hockey competition.
What is the name the country that sounds cold?
Traditionally, Canada, northern Russia and Antarctica are considered some of the colder places on Earth.
What happened to the Iron Sheik?
He retired.
Answerhe got old. he officially retired in 1992 i believe. that is the last time he ever wrestled a full schedule, with wwe as col. mustafa. he still wrestles Indy dates and he will turn 67 in march.Why was the west Berlin blockade in 1948 and what was the response by the Americans and British?
It began soon after WWII. Berlin was part of western Europe but it was entirely inside Russian territory and Russia blocked western vehicles to cross their territory in order to supply goods to Berlin. The western powers began an airlift to fly across Russian territory to Berlin
Because the two superpowers opposed each other but never fought an actual war.
What was the Alger hiss trial?
Alger Hiss was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 and convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950. His guilt has been argued every since and never settled
Who was the Britain leader during Berlin Airlift and what he had done for Berlin Airlift?
The British leader during the Berlin Airlift was Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Under his leadership, the British government played a crucial role in the operation by coordinating the airlift of supplies to West Berlin after the Soviet Union blockaded the city in June 1948. Attlee supported the decision to sustain the city's residents through the airlift, demonstrating a commitment to countering Soviet aggression and maintaining Western influence in Europe. His administration worked closely with the United States and other allies to ensure the success of this critical humanitarian operation.
What role did Korean play in the cold war?
It provided democracies and communist countries with an opportunity to indirectly fight one another :)
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How did the Cold War between US and the Soviet Union grow out of World War 2?
At the Yalta Conference of 1945 the Western Allies had given Stalin the right to keep the countries that Russia had liberated from the Germans within his 'sphere of influence'.
Stalin's wish was only partly dictated by ideological motives such as 'the spread of World Communism'. Mostly it was dictated by Russian fear. Russia had sufferered innumerably larger losses than all the other Allies put together in WW 2. It did not even want to consider a renewal of the war in the form of a concerted action to "defeat" Communism: both Britain, France and the USA had actively fought the rise of Communism only two decades ago on Russian soil and several of the eastern liberated countries had been actively fighting Russia alongside Nazi Germany.
The Allies had conceded eastern Europe to the Soviets because at the time they were in dire need of Russia's armies to finish the job and do most of the battlefield dying for them. After 1945 they started sorely regretting their generosity, but not unnaturally Stalin held on to what he had been given. It did however quickly sour relationships, which were worsened further when Stalin (unsuccesfully) tried to force the Allies to give up their toehold of West Berlin in his newly Communist eastern Europe.
The clincher was Russia's development of an atomic bomb of their own, a thing which the US strongly supected could only have been done through espionnage within the USA on a massive scale. It was this last development which led to an unprecedented arms race in building litterally thousands of atomic missiles on both sides.
So finally it was the combination of traditional anti-Communist feelings in the West, resentment against Russia for holding on to the conquests they had been allowed in Yalta, and the subsequent arms race that led to the Cold War that was to end only in 1990.
Why did communists leaders feel they had scored a victory in Korea?
Because they had pushed the US/Allies south and were approached by US/Allied forces for negotiations.
What was one reason the US sought to build up it hard power at the beginning of the Cold War?
To protect itself and its NATO allies -apex
What events signaled the end of the Cold War?
The end of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union was not based on just two events. The cold war began to lose steam with Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of perestroika (reform and/or restructuring of the Soviet Union) and glasnot (openness). It was not Gorbachev's intention to bring communism to an end but that was the result. It was the collapse of the Soviet Union (and the incredible and rapid events of 1989 in Eastern Europe) which brought the end to the Soviet Union and the cold war. Once the Soviet Union no longer could afford to finance their satellite states or provide military assistance, the Eastern Bloc of countries were in no position to fight off the brave citizens who protested, demonstrated, and demanded reform. They lost their power and one by one, communist countries faded from the globe to be replaced with a new Socialism and their own form of democracy (think Poland and Solidarity, the overthrow of Ceausescu's Romanian Dictatorship, Hungary removing the barbed wire from its border with Germany, the Velvet Revolution and Velvet Divorce of Checkoslovakia) The changes came with a flurry in 1989 and concluded with the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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What did the Suez crisis show about power in war?
Even if the Soviet Union and the United States were not directly involved, the cold war influenced decisions.
