The Cold War The cold war was a tense relationship between the Soviet Union and the Americans. The reason why they were fighting was because of the way their countries ran. The Soviet Union communism is a political way of thinking and an idea of how society should work and be organized. Communism is a kind of extreme socialism that says that there should not be social classes or states. Communism says that the people of any and every place in the world should all own the tools‚ factories‚ and
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The First World War cast Europe into a state of turmoil and disarray. The collapse of the German and Austro-Hungarian empires‚ along with the revolution in Russia‚ left territorial boundaries relatively uncertain. In January 1919‚ representatives from the victorious Allied Nations met in Paris to devise a treaty that might somehow make sense of the chaos and restore some measure of order to the European continent. 1 Each member of the peace conference approached the task at hand with his own agenda
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colonists hoping for peace. In consequence‚ a second continental congress was held to draft and send the Olive Branch petition to ask for the restoration of harmony. The king denied them again and deemed the patriots to be “rebels‚” starting a naval blockade and sending in German mercenaries to keep balance and control. England’s reaction caused the Patriots to have the founding fathers to meet in Philadelphia to discuss war plans as well as draft the Declaration of Independence before entering the war
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within a salient (or bulge) in the British lines and the site of two previous battles: First Ypres (October-November 1914) and Second Ypres (April-May 1915). Haig had long wanted a British offensive in Flanders and‚ following a warning that the German blockade would soon cripple the British war effort‚ wanted to reach the Belgian coast to destroy the German submarine bases there. On top of this‚ the possibility of a Russian withdrawal from the war threatened German redeployment from the Eastern front to
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Authorities are asking that residents living near the Everglades remain in their homes due to the escape of multiple alligators from the Florida Everglade Park. The crocodiles were show crocodiles‚ meant for performances. Somehow the blockade‚ preventing these alligators from entering into the civilized part of the Everglades and into the public population was broken. The park’s manager reports that an estimated thirty to forty of these giant alligators have escaped. “I won’t deny it‚ this
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Confederates had no Navy (Weaver). The North considered them “infernal machines”. Most of the records of submarines were intentionally destroyed (Vert). Submarines resembled a whale. They were also the “secret weapons in breaking the Union blockades” and were actually used in the 20th century (“The Hunley’s Daring Submarine Mission 150 years ago”). Submarines used air locks‚ electric motors‚ air purification systems‚ a periscope‚
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The War of 1812 was arguably one of the strangest wars in history for many reasons. The accounts of racism with service in the army‚ the fact that it was three different wars fought on three separate fronts‚ and the apparent uneven military situation is among many other contributing factors. North American marked the bicentennial of this war 5 years ago in 2012. Setting a moment aside to understand various elements such as why the war began‚ those who supported and opposed the war altogether‚ and
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Egypt saw that nothing could be done to take control‚ the Egyptians decided to close off the Israeli from all access to the sea. In 1949 they closed the Suez Canal to ships destined for Israel‚ and in September of 1955‚ Egypt was able to set up a blockade‚ after having brokered an arms deal with the U.S.S.R.‚ on the Straits of Tiran. Just a month later Egypt and Syria joined forces. Over the course
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to spread communism in Eastern Europe and create a ‘buffer zone’ of friendly governments as defense against Germany. Next cause was USSR’s actions in the Soviet Zone of Germany. The Soviet Union blocked all roads and rail traffic from Berlin. The blockade turned out to be a terrible diplomatic move by the soviets. The Soviet Union and eventually France were given specific zones to occupy which they had to accept. The Domino effect is another cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Communism was
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The American Civil War‚ a war that had its origin in the issue of slavery‚ occurred from 1861 to 1865. In his book‚ Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution‚ James M. McPherson considered the civil war as the Second American Revolution because of the changes it brought about in regards to slavery in the Unites States. In this event‚ revolution can be defined as the overthrowing of a current system of governing for a new and better system‚ what also happened on the First American Revolution
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