All of the events in history lead to the next. ... History is defined as the study of past events, particularly in human affairs. All of the events in history helped shape the world into the society it is today. Nothing would be the same, without the history that has happened to our world. ... If we do not learn from history, it is doomed to happen again. ...
West Germany was under the control of United States of America, France and England, whereas East Germany was led by the Soviet Union. ... As a result, the situation emerging from 1945 and so on, was laying the foundations of a new chapter in history that would stamp European biography and global politics once and for all. ... The reunification of Berlin represents another victory for the capitalist countries, United States, England and France. ...
Eisenhower and Vietnam In the history of the United States, foreign policy has caused many disputes over the proper role in international affairs. ... From the 1880's until World War II, France governed Vietnam as part of French Indochina under the control of Emperor Bao Dia. ... As time passed, the French wanted to regain control of its former colonies in Indochina. ... In 1953 Eisenhower requested sixty million dollars for French aid, and by 1954 the United States was sustaining eighty percent of the cost of the war between the French and the Communist Vietnam. However, the U.S was...
Throughout history, many political, economic and social conditions have been developed causing a change in the course of history for nations and people. The Cold War was a major turning point in history. ... The West was the United States and their major allies being Canada, France, Britain, and Japan. ... Sections of Germany under the control of the United States, France, and Britain formed the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). ... Throughout history, many political, economic and social conditions have often led to turning points that have changed the course of history for nations a...
Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev was an important figure in history because of his willingness to end the Cold War and Communism as it was known in the 1980s. ... In my opinion, this was truly the "end of history." After the tearing down of Russia, Europe as not broken out into war, thus making Gorbachev a key factor in European History. 2. ... Louis XIV of France Louis put France into a prominent and dominant state by strengthening the power of the monarch thus beginning the era of modern State. 15. Descartes French philosopher who discovered analytical geometry and saw Algebra and Geometry ...
It provides a history of the events of Vietnam beginning from the end of World War II, continuing through to the Vietnam War itself. ... Central Ideas of The Book The book attempts to offer a full and unbiased view of the history of the Vietnam War. ... As well as providing the historical events, the book attempts to put the Vietnam War in its place in history. ... The Vietnamese perspective is difficult to understand at first, but the authors explain that Vietnam has twenty centuries of history, and that this gives the Vietnamese a very different sense of time, history and themselves than...
In 1955, the United States began to help South Vietnam, and for ten years, spent billions of dollars in war equipment and economic aid. But the Vietcong, aided by North Vietnam, remained a constant threat to the government in the south. In 1965, President Johnson sent the first American combat troop...
The four nations occupying these zones were the US, France, the UK, and the Soviet Union. ... Stalin's real intentions with the Berlin Blockade, as the History Channel's web page describes were to "limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to their sectors of Berlin, which lay within Russian-occupied East Germany" This would give the USSR edge over the Western allies in the fight for control over Berlin and consequently Germany. ...
In early October 1945, the four prosecuting nations of Great Britain, the United States, France, and the USSR issued an indictment against 24 men and six organizations. ... "It was the greatest trial in history" were the words of a British judge and an opinion agreed upon around the world. ... Great Britain, the United States, the USSR, France, and China all had permanent seats on the Security Council and a veto power over all proposals. ... The German city of Berlin had been divided into four corners each belonging to Britain, France, the US, and the USSR. ...
Ho Chi Minh's goal was to establish the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and to rid Vietnam of French and Japanese occupiers. The French were not willing to give up their colonies easily. This started a war between the French and Vietnamese. ... (The History of the Vietnam War). ...
Though Von Trotta's subordinates the history of the German divide it still plays a huge part in the film. ... I always think people are not living up history like historians but very fragmentary, in an individual and personal way. In this case the love story is conditioned by the wall and by great history. For me it is always interesting to tell a story from the life of persons, then looking from the individual to the history." ... At the same time Sophie's French partner has left for New York and she is alone with her son Alexander. ...
Thirty million Chinese starved to death during the Great Leap Forward, making it one of the worst man-made disasters in history. ... Berlin, which is in the Soviet zone, is divided into four sections, American, British, French and Soviet rule. ...
Canada is the satellite of USA, and USA has never had much trouble with it in history because she did not try to exploit Canada. ... Nationalist movements have gained much strength especially after the French Revolution in 1789. It had caused many empires to collapse (Austria-Hungry Empire, Ottoman Empire etc.) throughout the history. ...
Truman left for France as a captain in the U.S.Army. ... Even so, by campaigning his wartime record and his past history, Truman won the primary of the election. ... Fortunately, by using his knowledge in history and government, he was finally recognized and appointed to two important committees. ...
There are a number of differences between the Korean and Vietnam wars. These include their duration, the financial cost, loss of lives, the origins and outcome. However, the key differences were in the varying degrees of in the domestic support and international reaction which each war received. ...
The Vietnam War is called by many today to be one of the only wars in the history of the United States that they ever been defeated in. ... Nations like England, France and most of Europe was backing the United States and countries like China, North Korea, Cuba and Vietnam were backing the Soviet Union. ...
