Korean War Divided in two following World War II, Korea took centre stage of the Cold War when Soviet client state North Korea invaded South Korea in June 1950. The UN, led by the U.S., sided with South Korea; the People’s Republic of China aided North Korea. After more than a ...
After the cold war, the US–South Korea alliance was expected to remain strong due to North Korea's threats of weapons of mass destruction. For the past decade and a half, this realist projection has not fully come to pass: rather, it has changed inversely. How can we account for this...
Causes of the Cold War: What caused the Cold War? A number of geopolitical factors that emerged in the wake of the Second World War, pitting Russia against the U.S. World War II ended with the Soviet Union and United States as allies that triumphed over Nazi Germany. But how did two ...
Grant had much success in the west at the battles of Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and Fort Donelson. Lincoln needed a callous approach if he was going to win the war. After reviewing the major battles of the war, Grant felt his predecessors were too cautious and unorganized; they did not ...
Facts You Should Know: The Cold War Quiz Related Questions Who was Mikhail Gorbachev? How did Mikhail Gorbachev become president of the Soviet Union? What is Mikhail Gorbachev known for? What did Mikhail Gorbachev do after the fall of the Soviet Union?
Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam’s independence from France on September 2, 1945, just hours after Japan’s surrender in World War II. When the French rejected his plan, the Viet Minh resorted to guerilla warfare to fight for an independent Vietnam. ...
Events Influencing the Cold War During World War II‚ the United States and the Soviet Union were allies. After the war the two countries emerged as the two most powerful countries in the world. Although the world war ended‚ it was not a clean ending. Iron-willed Stalin wanted ...
The economic crisis intensified internal and external contradictions Two big political and military groupformation Twenty years after thefirst world war, the capitalist countries economic and political power development is in a state of imbalance, the industrial development of Germany and Japan is more ...
President Eisenhower maintained a middle-of-the-road role when it came to the civil rights movement. While remaining silent, Eisenhower respected and followed the rulings of the Supreme Court, even deploying the National Guard in order to support the desegregation of schools after the Brown v. ...
While having lots of stuff to do is cool and all, players are really going to be after the juicy rewards. There are a lot of rewards being added into this event with a few heavy hitters and a lot of nice additions. Here are the types of rewards players can obtain: ...