During the Cold War, the Military Topographic Directorate (VTU) of the General Staff of the Soviet Army conducted a secret topographic mapping program at a high level of detail and coverage for almost the entire globe. The true extent of the Soviet cartographic enterprise is yet to emerge, ...
From the position of realism in international relations, we are talking about a conflict of”“interests which leads to war only when one of the sides is sufficiently convinced of the weakness of the other, or when an elite is put at the head of either state that puts national interests ab...
4408. Chapter 24a- Greece's War With Persia 4509. Chapter 24b- The Greeks Fight Each Other 4610. Chapter 25a- Philip and His Son 4711. Chapter 25b- Alexander's Invasions 4812. Chapter 25c- The Death of Alexander 4913. Chapter 26a- The Nazca Drawings ...
During the Cold War, Europe was divided along the Iron Curtain between NATO in the west and the Warsaw Pact in the east, until the revolutions of 1989 and fall of the Berlin Wall. European integration led to the formation of the European Union, a political entity that lies between a ...
The Cold War may have ended, but its thousands of nuclear warheads are still around -- and often still divided along the same lines. This map shows in blue the Russian "umbrella states," which are formally under the protection of Russian nuclear weapons, and in orange the "umbrella states...
The Battle of the Bulge, which began in December 1944, was so named because of the bulging shape of the front on a map. The battle was the last major German offensive on the Western Front during World War II. It is the largest battle the United States Army has fought to date. ...
Inside the crates were maps, thousands of them. In the top right corner of each one, printed in red, was the Russian word секрет. Secret. The maps were part of one of the most ambitious cartographic enterprises ever undertaken. During the Cold War, the Soviet military mapped the ...
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A well-structured business plan will serve as a roadmap for your business and help you secure funding if needed. Register Your Business Choose a suitable name for your traveling business and register it with the appropriate authorities. Ensure you obtain all necessary licenses and permits to ...
Among the items he was found with were a wireless transmitter, a small torch with a flashing device, a map marking positions of nearby RAF airfields and a German sausage. Jakobs was taken to a local police station before being transferred to London where he was subsequently interrogated by MI...