(The traditional view of the Soviet military victory was--broadly speaking--that the USSR had more men and eventually just overwhelmed the Nazis. ... How did the Soviet Union treat its own citizens who had been prisoners of the Nazis? ... The Nazi or the Soviet Economy in the War 9. Soviet women in the Red Army or the Nazi regime's attitude toward women in the war effort the relationship between the Holocaust and World War II 10. The rape of German women by the Red Army in the conquest of Berlin NOTE: If past incarnations of this class are any indication, several of you will seri...

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However, the Cold War beginning in 1947 was more of a verbal war, which was mainly fought through newspapers, magazines, radio and other propaganda methods. ... One of the main outcomes was the commitment to the opening of a second front against Nazi Germany by the Western Allies. ... Propaganda in the Cold War between the US and USSR not only continued to spread enemy propaganda in both countries but was also a power battle between both nations to sell their ideologies throughout the world. ...

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But the kulaks were essentially a figment of Marxist propaganda (there existed no real difference between these "wealthiest" peasants and all other peasants), and collectivization reaped disaster--the government persecuted and killed the peasantry, famine swept the country, and as many as ten million may have died. ... As Hitler rose to power in Germany, Stalin first contemplated forming a defensive alliance with Britain and France against the Nazis. But he wanted to avoid war at all costs, and in 1939 he signed the Nazi- Soviet Pact, which pledged that the two dictatorships would not attack ...

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The role of the media is often to provide propaganda as well. ... The media also played a role in the cold war; it was a tool of propaganda in the cold war. It sent many anti communist messages just as it did in world war two about the Nazis and Japanese during world war two. ... But The media only helped fuel the publics desire to go to war, creating propaganda against him. ... The used propaganda in this conflict. ...

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There were principle causes of the Cold War on which billions of dollars were spent for weapons and propaganda, to buy friends, influence people, and try to prove oneself better than the other. ... They agreed to get rid of all Nazi parties. All Nazi's were put to trial and some were hung. The Allies set a goal of denazification removing all traces of Nazi's from Germany. ...

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However, there was no actual fighting between the two, just threats and anti-opposition propaganda. ... This includes propaganda, war of words and threats. ... During World War II, Russia and the U.S had always had to be allies and work closely together, in order to be successful in a common goal: the defeat of Nazi occupation throughout the war. ... After the war, Russia gained control of most of the Eastern European countries, usually through threats, violence, biased propaganda and poll rigs. ...

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He then used skillful manipulation and propaganda to push his old rivals aside, eventually getting them exiled. ... At the beginning of the invasion the Nazis made huge advances into the Soviet land. The Nazis had captured or killed hundreds of thousands if Soviet troops and civilians. ... The Nazis did play a huge role in killing many of the civilians, but Stalin never tried to save them, he just considered them a lost cause. ...

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Before and throughout the five-year plans Stalin's propaganda machine created an image of Stalin following the Leninist' path, ridiculing the rightists who were bringing back capitalism' whilst further damaging the leftist world-wide revolution' for being irresponsible and unpatriotic. ... Many thousands of people succumbed to the image that Stalin's regime produced in huge quantities, blurring the line between reality and propaganda. ...

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The Communists, he said, began using Sputnik to begin their propaganda. ... Through the standardization of education, the Communists can force the propaganda of the horror of modern warfare and focus on a peace. ...

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Introduction Cold War refers to the condition of political hostility and military tensions between power blocks, involving threats, economic sanctions, subversion, and propaganda and other measures short of open warfare, for example, the one that existed between the Soviet power blocs and the United States after World War II. ... Under the chronology of World War II, it shows that Hitler adopted Nazi Party and then assumed fascist dictatorship that refers to political dictatorship in which the state, the nation, and the race glorified over individual liberties and rights (May, 1973). ...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili on December 21, 1879, in Gori, Georgia . Both his parents were peasants. His father, Vissarion Dzhugashvili, was a cobbler, hopping that one day his son will be apprenticed in the same trade; his mother, Yekaterina ...

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Henry Kissinger's quote, "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac" has been depicted throughout history. For many centuries, one communal goal found amongst disparate individuals, colonies, and nations was the desire to obtain the greatest magnitude of power. The collective mindset found concerning domina...

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