The USA and the USSR as World Superpowers‚ 1945-1991 Harry Truman-President‚ USA Joseph Stalin‚ USSR The roots of the Cold War Almost as soon as the Second World War ended‚ the winners started to argue with each other. In particular‚ a bitter conflict developed between the USA and USSR. This struggle continued until the late 1980s. Walter Lippmann‚ an American journalist writing in the 1940s‚called it a ’cold war’ and the phrase has been widely used since. Historians have produced three
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For nearly a century‚ the KGB‚ the Committee for State Security within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics‚ controlled the USSR. The members of the committee were trained assassins as well as accomplished spies. Through several well-placed spies and paid civilians‚ the KGB was able to control the Politburo‚ the Soviet parliament‚ and the rest of the union. The KGB was in charge of the Siberian labor camps – even today‚ Vladimir Putin’s secret service‚ the FSB‚ is charged with the upkeep of those
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TOMORROW (during exam): USE A BLACK OR BLUE PEN. NO PENCILS‚ NO WHITEOUT. BRING YOUR SESSION NUMBER AND ALL THAT INFO PUT THINGS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER (\__/) IB HISTORY STUDY GUIDE (.___.);; Hitler = Right Mao = Left Paper 1 - Peacemaking THE BIBLE! Questions Question 1 - Importance and Message tips 1A= 5 min (3 marks) -try to put 4 points just in case one of ideas is wrong quote the source or paraphrase the source in answer *make sure answer is focused and succinct *don’t spend too much time on
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Animal Farm From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the novel by George Orwell. For other uses‚ see Animal Farm (disambiguation). Animal Farm First edition cover Author(s) George Orwell Original title Animal Farm: A Fairy Story Country United Kingdom Language English Genre(s) Classics‚ satire‚ educational animation Publisher Secker and Warburg (London) Publication date August 17‚ 1945 Media type Print (hardback & paperback) Pages 112 pp (UK paperback edition)
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World War II (WWII or WW2)‚ also known as the Second World War‚ was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world’s nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history‚ with more than 100 million people serving in military units from over 30 different countries. In a state of "total war"‚ the major participants placed their entire economic‚ industrial
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CAUSES: * Expansion in government services‚ as a result of Second World War ------------------------------------------------- World War II From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Second World War) "WWII" redirects here. For other uses‚ see WWII (disambiguation). For Winston Churchill ’s history‚ see The Second World War (book series). World War II | Clockwise from top left: Chinese forces in the Battle of Wanjialing‚ Australian 25-pounder guns during the First Battle
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1 1 OLE DAMMEGÅRD COUP D’ETAT IN SLOWMOTION THE MURDER OF OLOF PALME 2 Translated to English by Bente Dammegaard from the Swedish original‚ ”Statskupp i slowmotion” © 2013 Ole Dammegård Cover:Ole Dammegård Illustrations: Ole Dammegård Font: Times New Roman 10 pt 3 DEDICATED TO ALL SEEKERS OF THE TRUTH On the night of February 28‚ 1986‚ I headed the police patrol first at the site of the murder of our Prime Minister‚ and thereby found myself in the middle of one of
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