What were the main underlying causes of the Cold War?
Actually there was some concern over Stalin even before the war was over. Roosevelt could deal with him to some extent, but when he died and Harry Truman took office, I don't think he trusted Stalin at all. And at the end of the War, Germany and Berlin were divided into sectors for each of the victors, the US, Britain, France and the Soviet Union. Berlin, in the middle of East Germany was also divided into west, or US, British and French sectors and East, or Russian (Soviet). Stalin also took control of all of the parts of Europe he took when going into Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, etc. While the western allies ruled West Germany for a time, and US troops are in Germany to this day with NATO, it was not an occupation force after about 1949. It was an occupation in East Germany until 1989 In 1949, the Soviet Union got the Atomic Bomb and that put it on a whole new level. Shooting wars in Korea and Viet Nam added to the tensions. The Berlin Crisis in August 1961 that led to the USSR and East Germany building the Berlin Wall brought great tension between east and west. The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 nearly ended in nuclear war. There were constant little wars in 3rd world countries with 'pawns' of the Russians and Americans fighting each other.
Consequences of the cold war??
Legacy: Despite its rapid and relatively bloodless end, the Cold War was fought at a tremendous cost globally over the course of more than four decades. It cost the U.S. up to $8 trillion in military expenditures, and the lives of nearly 100,000 Americans in Korea and Vietnam.[44] It cost the Soviets an even higher share of their gross national product. In Southeast Asia, local civil wars were intensified by superpower rivalry, leaving millions dead.[citation needed] The end of the Cold War gave Russia the chance to cut military spending dramatically, but the adjustment was wrenching. The military-industrial sector employed at least one of every five Soviet adults.[45] Its dismantling left millions throughout the former Soviet Union unemployed. Russian living standards have worsened overall in the post-Cold War years, although the economy has resumed growth in recent years. In the 1990s, Russia suffered an economic downturn more severe than the U.S. or Germany had undergone six decades earlier in the Great Depression after it had embarked on capitalist economic reforms.[46] The legacy of the Cold War continues to structure world affairs.[2] The Cold War institutionalized the role of the United States in the postwar global economic and political system. By 1989, the U.S. was responsible for military alliances with 50 countries and 1.5 million US troops were posted in 117 countries.[27] The Cold War also institutionalized the commitment to a huge, permanent wartime military-industrial complex.[27] Some of the economic and social tensions that underpinned Cold War competition in parts of the Third World remain acute. The breakdown of state control in a number of areas formerly ruled by Communist governments has produced new civil and ethnic conflicts, particularly in the former Yugoslavia.[2] In some countries, the breakdown of state control was accompanied by state failure, such as in Afghanistan. But in other areas, particularly much of Eastern Europe, the end of the Cold War was accompanied by a large growth in the number of liberal democracies. In areas where the two superpowers had been waging proxy wars, and subsidizing local conflicts, many conflicts ended with the Cold War; and the occurrence of interstate wars, ethnic wars, revolutionary wars, or refugee and displaced persons crises declined sharply.
What were the main causes of the Second World War ?
Fundamentally, Hubris & Greed. And let's again deflate the myth of scapegoating Versailles promoted by the post-WWI German militarists and their odd-couple allies, the appeasers of fascism, the most notorious being Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of UK, who crowed over the Munich Agreement of 1938 btwn Germany, France the UK, praising it as creating "Peace in Our Time!" The Agreement allowed Hitler seizure of a large part of Czech in return for his promise to end any attempts seize more territory in Europe. By July, 1940, German bombers started pounding the UK as the Nazis began the Battle of Britain, and in June, Nazi troops occupied Paris, forced out the French govt., and controlled France. ================= “…an insidious historical myth: that the reparations and other [Versailles] treaty measures were so odious that they made Adolf Hitler’s rise and World War II inevitable… “That sense of guilt [over the terms of the Versailles Treaty] played a role in the efforts by successive British governments to appease Hitler in the 1930s.” . . http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/opinio... Versailles Treaty & Reparations: Germany paid less in real terms than France did after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 to ’71 (and France paid off those obligations in just a few years). “Hitler did not attain power because of reparations — the Great Depression and the folly of the German ruling classes did that — but their existence gave him a political cudgel against Weimar.” . . http://net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7/wwi/versa/v... “The [German] military elite mounted a successful campaign in the 1920s to attribute the final German collapse to a ‘stab in the back’ by enemies at home, particularly socialists, liberals and Jews. . . http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/opinio...
What are the main causes of the Cold War?
Okay so here it is, The USSR developed as a conglomerate of communist nations under, more or less, one banner. They had similar governmental and economic ideals, and therefore they saw each other as beneficial alliance partners. the issue was, that after world war two, both sides had weapons of mass destruction, and large armies with no wars to fight. The cold war was not such a "war" as it was a game of international 'chicken'. The main conflicts were indeed based off of nuclear proliferation and economics, but the issues ran deeper because of the large standard armies that had existed prior to the cold war. Up until that point, there had almost always been some major conflict to deal with, or a threat from outside attack, so nations needed their military strength and needed to feel safe. With the end of the second world war came a time of peace but the peace caused by eliminating the axis powers left people anxious because of the military power established by all of the allied forces. Basically, -Lots of guns, no one to shoot at -Conflict of economic ideals, communism vs capitalism (group benefits vs. individual gains) -Conflict of political theories, Communist Authoritarianism vs. Democracy -Stress due to the nuclear arms race It was basically just a giant P!$$!NG match between the superpowers. That's about it
What were three main issues during the cold war?
There were many issues during the Cold War. It was fought between the "Allies" or "NATO" and the communist Soviets and their puppets. Although fighting actually never broke out, many sub-conflicts occured. These inlcluded Vietnam. The Chinese wanted to side with NATO as Mao Tse-Tung wanted to prove to Stalin that his nation was not just a bunch of rice-farming peasants. The cold war was caused by the defeat of Germany, and the removal of the crucial "buffer" Axis powers between the Soviets and the Allies. The 3 big issues were: 1. Nuclear War 2. Soviet Invasion of Europe and Asia 3. The spread of Communism or as the Soviets saw it, the spread of Capitalism.
How was World War 1 important? What made it that way?
It was the first war to modern warfare tactics. Before WWI soldiers would line up in rows and columns and shoot at each other, like the American Civil war.Here are some of the battle tactics that had never been seen before WWI:Trench warfareChemical warfare, i.e. Mustard gas and Phosphorus gasLarge long range artillery fire, sometimes over a mile away (or even miles away)Early forms of body armor, like the steel helmet.Airplanes being used for the first time in warfareThe sheer number of men killed in short periods of time. The first day of the Somme offensive, July 1, 1916, resulted in 57,470 British casualties in a single day.Aerial bombardments were first used in the First World WarLate in the war the British designed the first tank, and that in itself changed how battles were fought foreverThe First World War was also the largest war ever seen for the first time. If countries were not directly involved in the war it was still affecting them.Also the defeat of the Central powers seeded the roots for WWII. After the war Germany had a major economic collapse, making the German Marc nearly worthless.The German people were humiliated after the war, and the government put in place in Germany, by the victors had many restrictions on Germany (decided at the Treaty of Versailles).After the end of the war the Ottoman Empire had collapsed, which has existed for hundreds of years.I hope this answered your question
Which is the safest country if World War III happens?
SwitzerlandIt is likely the safest country you could possibly be during the event of a Nuclear War or World War 3Here are 6 reasons for the same:1.) The Geographical distinctionIn the South end of Switzerland you have the Swiss AlpsNorth is covered by the Jura MountainsIt is next to impossible to track these mountain ranges without suffering heavy casualties because of the jaw dropping -20 °C temperature and difficult terrain. Plus, it is also a strenuous job to mobilise so much military ordinance from hills to the plains.2.) Switzerland has the ability to mobilize 200,00 soldiers and military ordinance in a short notice of 72 hoursIn an event of war, Swiss military can mobilize their almost entire military and the equipment to retreat back to the alpine region. In that region, Swiss military has built over 26,000 fortified bunkers and positions which yield a tactical advantage to them.3.) In addition to that, every road, tunnel, bridge, and railroad in the country has been designed in a way that they can be remotely blown up to deny possible invaders from ever using themIf the hostile power ever crosses the alpine region and venture for the plains, Swiss army can blow the tunnels, bridges and other connecting points in order to stop them to from taking over.4.) It is the only country in the world to have enough fallout shelters to house their entire population along the other half of the world5. All houses in the country are mandated by law to have a nuclear shelterAll the houses which were made after 1978 are mandated by law to have a nuclear shelter which can support the complete family in case of a nuclear explosion of over 12 megatons from over 700 meters.6.) There are 8.6 million fallout shelters in SwitzerlandThis basically means that even in the event of a large refugee influx the country would still have enough shelters to fit everybody inside of themHeads of states will end up looking at their generals and think to themselves, “No thanks, we’ll take over something a little easier instead”It has been said before, that in the event of a global nuclear war the only survivors would be the heads of states of a few countries, cockroaches, and over 8.4 million Swiss citizens.It is an impregnable castle in the center of EuropeYou learned something new today Now start packing for Switzerland.
What were the effects of World War I?
Abject demoralization of the peoples of most of Central Europe, the devaluing of most common currencies of the time, terrible inflation, several incidents of famine, rising levels of unhealthy animosity between neighboring nations, the collapse of the European tradition of intermarriage between monarchies, ‘Gerrymandering’ of geographical locations that lead to incompatible societies being defined as part of the same state, (I.E.-Yugoslavia) the beginning of the end of competitive trans-continental colonialism, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, power vacuums filled by despots, communists and socialists, increased poverty and prostitution, Armenian Genocide, more women included in the workforce by necessity, and, perhaps most importantly, the rise of the United States to the primary Global Superpower.Indirectly, it eventually lead to sudden acceleration of the Industrial Revolution, increased manufacturing capacities in the Western hemisphere, a failed attempt at a global governing body, women’s Suffrage, Prohibition, significant advances in prosthetic surgery, better made automatic small arms, followed by laws pertaining to owning said ‘small arms’, The Marijuana Tax Stamp Act, increased distrust between the U.S. and Mexico that mainly stemmed from Mexico having been previously governed by members of the Hapsburg Empire and closely associated/related to the German Monarchy prior to the war, several citizen revolts in developing countries, the demise of ‘Banana Republics’, motivation to push for the statehoods of both Alaska and Hawaii, the development of ‘factory farming’ and botanical husbandry that lead to over farming of the American Midwest and the Dust Bowl, emigration to California on an escalating level, Canada and India eventually becoming independent of The Crown, broadened concepts of International human rights, the failure of France to secure Southeast Asia, misinterpretations of Marxism, the movie about Gallipoli that made Mel Gibson famous enough to be cast as ‘The Road Warrior’, the criminalization of recreational cocaine use, and perhaps most of all, the fact that if we knew in 1914, that all we had to do in order to avoid the Second World War was to pretend to appreciate Hitler’s paintings, we’d all have them hanging on our walls and in the Louvre…. I give up. I think that’s enough for now. Discuss.
What were the causes of World War 1....?
Hello... The Causes of World War I If you were to look back at WWI, you would see that there were direct and indirect causes to the war. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was an immediate cause. Gavrilo Princip, working with a Serbian anti-Austrian secret society called "The Black Hand" shot Archduke Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 in order to make way for a Slavic revolution. The assassination didn't do as Princip hoped, and it was used as an excuse for Austria to take hostile action against Serbia. That was not the only cause of the war. The Alliance System was one of the festering causes of the war. After Germany took Alsace-Lorraine, Bismarck wanted to make sure that France didn't make enough allies to take back the territory in a war. So he started to form an alliance with Austria-Hungry and Italy. France saw this as a threat, so it started making alliances of its own. France first turned to Russia then to Britain creating the Triple Entente. Now with forces in place on either... You can get more info here:
Are we heading towards World War III?
I totally agree with the answer provided by Joseph Koppenhout. Is it likely to have a WW3 in the next 10 years? NO. A world war will have to be fought between major powers on a global scale. They have to declare war on each other and go all out. The first and foremost reason for it not to happen will be the nukes. There are a handful of countries with nukes and some of them are more willing to use it than others if need be. But nobody wants a nuclear war. Nuclear wars work on the theory of Mutually assured destruction. As the name suggests, if you use a nuke, both you and your enemy will be destroyed. Unless some eccentric dictator with absolute power decide that doomsday is due, it is not likely someone would prefer to initiate a nuke attack. Honestly, I dont think even North Korea is that eccentric. Even if we assume that we are using only conventional weapons, that war will be very costly. Even with all it's military might, US and NATO wouldn't be able to occupy and control a major military power like China or Russia. They couldn't even keep Iraq or Afghanistan. And also war is bad for business. It will kill the economy. Nobody wants to starve to fund their soldiers overseas. But there is one possibility. Say one major power develops a comprehensive defense system that guarantees 100% protection from enemy nukes, irrespective of the number of warheads or their trajectory approaching homeland. That renders MAD theory useless. That nation could, theoretically, go ahead and nuke or threaten to nuke every other nation. That is why balance of power is so important. However, the chances establishing that shield is very less. So as of now, our world is safe,well relatively. But yes, there will be wars. Like the smaller ones in the middle east. There will be asymmetric wars, like terrorism. There will be proxy wars between major powers. Wars will be there as long as it is in our nature.