Why Did the Soviet Union Lose the War in Afghanistan? Roxanne C. Jones Politics 300‚ Section 003016 Why Did the Soviet Union Lose the War in Afghanistan? ‘Do you think you are going to win?’ ‘Yes‚ yes of course.’ ‘What makes you think so? What makes you think you are going to win?’ ‘I believe we are going to win. It’s evident!’ (Panjshairi commander Ahmad Shah Massoud in an interview from the French prize-winning documentary film ‘Valley against an Empire’ by Jerome Bony and Christophe de Ponfilly
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How successful were the 5 year plans in transforming Soviet industry in the years 1928 - 1941? In order to decide whether or not these 5 year plans were successful‚ it is necessary to first define what is meant by success in this context. This can be done by considering the aims of Stalin with his first three Five-Year Plans. Stalin’s industrial plans for the USSR were to establish a war economy - to prepare the USSR for war against its capitalist enemies. He regarded steel‚ iron and oil the
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Joseph Stalin’s dictatorship was characterized by Russia’s ideological transformation of Communism under his reign. Widely regarded as a tyrant‚ Stalin was responsible for massive repression of his people. However Russians remember Stalin for his leadership‚ advances in technologies‚ and victory in World War II. His usage of powerful leadership attributes created fear and promoted a tense paranoid feeling during his dictatorship. Under his leadership‚ Russia experienced a return to pre-revolutionary
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The development of the advanced technological M4 Sherman tank in World War II helped turn the tide during the European ground invasions. A tank is a heavy armored fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous articulated metal track. The M4 Sherman was one of the most widely used tanks by the United States Army in World War II. At first‚ however‚ the United States lagged far behind the major European states in the development of tank technology and armored warfare. The fall of France
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While most countries during World War II refused to put women on the front lines the Soviet Union was not afraid to do so. The Soviet Union had recruited 2000 women snipers for World War II but one of the most successful women snipers was Lyudmila Pavlichenko. To this day she is the best female sniper in all of history with 309 confirmed kills. Lyudmila Pavlichenko was born on July 12‚ 1916 in Bila Tserkva. At the age of fourteen Pavlichenko and her family moved to the town of Kiev. There she
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There has been various wars‚ disasters‚ and great innovations to occur from the 1930s to the 21st century. But the world would not be what it is today without these catastrophes and milestones. The Non-aggression pact was an agreement between the Soviet Union and Germany‚ which promised that each nation would not attack the one another‚ madon August 23‚ 1939. German troops invaded Poland on August 31‚ 1939‚ in hopes to occupy and split Poland with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union would also be
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Arcesio Medina Cpl Jonathan Marks G2 MIC Analytical Paper 10 August 2016 Germany’s Downfall at the Battle of the Bulge Germany’s lack of preparation The third reason the offensive failed was for lack of supplies. Fuel was especially the resource the offensive (any offensive) depended on‚ and as soon as the weather improved (a couple of weeks into the offensive) Allied planes struck German supply depots and storage facilities‚ convoys and trains at will. Without that fuel‚ German panzers were
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Adolf Hitler & Jozef Stalin were clearly the most notorious men of the 20th Century. Each man impacted history far beyond their mortal lives‚ and as similar as they may seem‚ there were distinct differences between them‚ their politics and their methods. Hitler rose to power legally‚ although very shortly thereafter‚ with the burning down of the German Parliament building‚ the Reichstag‚ he imposed a sort of martial law and his reign of terror could then begin in earnest. His National Socialist
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warfare was essentially the creation of mechanized units and panzer units (tank units)‚ that could cover long distances and stay on the offensive longer than ever thought previously possible. “… A campaign that revealed the potential of joint operations‚ and thus represented a paradigm shift in warmaking. German skills interacted with Allied deficiencies in a manner that provided opportunities for bold command decisions: the Germans both took these and could give successful effect to them.”1
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Why the Axis powers were so successful from 1939-42 The primary reason for the Axis powers’ success during this period of time was the fact that they were militarily superior to most other countries in Europe. By 1939‚ they had the second largest air force in the world with 8295 aircrafts. Only Russia‚ (10382 aircrafts)‚ had a larger air force. The German’s and the Russians were allies at this time and so Germany didn’t view Russia as a threat. There was a similar scenario with troops. Hitler
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