These projects are a fun way to help engage your learners in topics related to the Cold War. Students will focus on dates and key events during the...
The Allies disagreed about how the European map should look, and how borders would be drawn, following the war.[21] Each side held dissimilar ideas regarding the establishment and maintenance of post-war security.[21] The western Allies desired a security system in which democratic governments we...
Post-World War Two Europe was a continent rich in the legacy of the war. A legacy which took the form of an abundance of tanks, both in the form of legacy leftovers of the war, and a ready supply of new tanks from Britain (Centurion) or the United States (M47). The only thing ...
Dive into the Cold War with your students with this helpful unit plan. You can access a variety of resources to utilize including lesson plans, project ideas, and essay prompts. The Cold War Unit The Cold War was a period of time that saw the nation and world on the brink of disaster...
The Strv 2000 project was intended to fulfill Sweden’s need for a modern main battle tank (MBT). In 1984 the Swedish government began to look into replacing the Strv 103 and Strv 104 tanks it had in service. The intent was to assess the feasibility of a Swedish design, as well as ...
The Air Force wanted ideas about how to respond to Sputnik, and one of the most disturbing ones was project A119, a project we were reminded of recently by a BBC post. In all fairness, the Soviets had an almost identical plan, code-named E4. Fortunately, both sides eventually realized ...
The Soviet Union also had lost the ideological competition, a central feature of the Cold War since its origins. Although Gorbachev launchedglasnostto open the door to new ideas and to reduce the remaining repression in the Soviet system as it struggled with the legacies of Stalinist totalitariani...
You can broadcast your ideas on Truth and Freedom behind the Iron Curtain over Radio Free Europe!” A brief technical explanation of the operation before we get to the actual article: Early in the Cold War, Radio Free Europe was transmitting shortwave broadcasts from locations in Germany and ...
The Anglo-American Special Relationship has been at its most vibrant when the two countries have shared a common adversary. The Cold War confrontation with
Discussing these elements in the context of the Cold War, one has to consider both the weight of the bipolar divide on any policy undertaken by the Finnish state, as well as the local context. Arguments in favor of state-led cultural outreach overseas showed a certain consistency over the ...