On July 18, 1941, Soviet Prime Minister Joseph Stalin requested that the allies create a second front by invading German-occupied France. ... The Germans demolished 31,850 industrial enterprises. ... The Soviet power industry was also severely wounded, as the Germans destroyed 10,000 power stations and ruined 1,135 coal mines and 3,000 oil wells, carrying back to Germany 14,000 steam boilers, 1,400 turbines and 11,300 electric generators. ... The Germans were no kinder to Soviet cultural institutions. ... The Nazi government had bankrupted Germany in an attempt to exterminate the Slavic people...

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One of the first conflicts was over Germany. After WWII, Germany, as well as Berlin, was divided among the U.S., Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. The Soviets had all of East Germany while West Germany was divided among the rest. ... Germany was divided into East and West Germany and Berlin was divided the same way. ... To create a new government, the United Nations setup nation wide elections but North Korea would not let them into the north. ...

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The Cold War is a difficult term to define. It is a term used to describe the conflict between the U.S and Russia during the post-war period. However, there was no actual fighting between the two, just threats and anti-opposition propaganda. Another problem with the Cold war is that because it ...

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1.0 Introduction The international security has been shifted by the tectonic geopolitical role of cold war. The traditional definition is no longer sufficient to satisfy what constitute international security in the modern world full of security challenges and threat. However, some critics have argued that the traditional definition of international need to be redefined but must retain important aspect of human agency. They are great challenges facing global peace and security. For instance the rise of Islamic state in Syria and Iraq and nuclear weapon arm race between the West and Russia. ...

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Neither Britain nor France, nor even, defeated Germany could not play in the post-war period of the previous role of the guarantor of balance and stability on the European continent. ... A certain role in the development of the situation in this area has played and the position occupied by formally independent (from the USSR), the governments of Eastern European countries. ... Defeated was obvious - Germany, but contenders for laurels of winners there were many, the overall victory no one wanted to admit that predetermined the inevitability of clashes, aggravated by the incompatibility of the ...

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When the Japanese had realized that they were the only ones left in the war, Germany their ally, was already beaten out of the war and all efforts were now concentrated at them, the Japanese began suing for a peaceful end to the war. ... According to the "Atlantic Charter," every nation could choose its own form of government, thus, if Japan were to surrender based on these terms, they would be able to retain the emperor, their God (Alperovitz). ... Even after the Atomic Bomb had been dropped on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a vote in the Japanese government still came up deadlocked between the...

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John Aristotle Phillips is an Obscure Individual. He graduated from Princeton in 78', repeating his senior year. He transferred to Princeton for his sophomore year, and landed an exclusive spot on the academic probation. He got average grades, and was on the path to flunking out. Then he did somethi...

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10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America by Steven M. Gillon brings to attention the ten days that the History Channel believes to be some of the most influential days in America. Gillon purposefully avoided obvious days, such as the bombing and Pearl Harbor or the signing of the Constitution in o...

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Government and the opposition to Iran's nuclear program is only to unite under the umbrella of national security and national interests, but also to the continuity of the regime is seen as a source of legitimacy. ... For example, since the mid-1970s, the German Kraftwerk, Western companies such as Siemens and the French Framatome nuclear co-operation agreements have been signed with Tehran. ... The United States, primarily Iran to have nuclear weapons and then working to prevent the Islamic Republic of Iran close to their own policies by changing the existing anti-US regime wants to creat...

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