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    one country to another on the international stage. It can strengthen or destroy administrations, create or tarnish legacies, and ensue or conclude conflicts. But regardless, foreign policy contributes to the creation of significant and noteworthy history that future generations can create precedents from; this includes events and decisions that occurred in the twentieth century. Throughout this time, the United States was involved in numerous conflicts and made difficult decisions that impacted the

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    Was it necessary for the Berlin Wall to be built? Elise Coby HIS-200 Modern World History Period E Mr. Hendershot 2/24/2017 On my honor this work is my own and I have neither given it received any unauthorized assistance on this assignment. The Berlin Wall was a barrier between East and West Germany that lasted from 1961 to 1989. The purpose of the Wall was to keep people who were not communists (fascists) from entering East Germany. This divide created many impacts on people,

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    Define the Subject This battle analysis is to have a better understanding of the reason and lessons learned from the Battle of Berlin. This battle consisted of the Red Army and the German Army. The Red Army was led by General Joseph Stalin who had 2.5 million soldiers under his command. When the battle took place the Red Army had at least three times as much fire power, armored vehicles, and aircraft than the Germans. The German Army was led by the infamous dictator Fuhrer Adolf Hitler. He was the

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    "…North American Culture will ultimately impose itself, standardizing the world and annihilating its rich flora of diverse culture. In this manner, all other peoples, and not just the small and weak ones, will lose their identity, their soul and become no more than 21st century colonies - zombies or caricatures modeled after the cultural norms of a new imperialism that, in addition to ruling over the planet with its capital, military might, and scientific knowledge, will impose on others its language

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    one another. In 1948 Berlin Blockade, The USSR attempt to break the connection between the Western and Eastern parts of Berlin, in the result of this early days of Cold war started. As long as I know the history there is only one person who said violence, weapons is not way for solution of any problems which we get. The USSR was a powerful country and they can stay on their own, and on other side US can’t. There was some other allied joined to build monetary for Western Berlin and Western Germany

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    Allies believed this was unfair because Berlin was the only large city at the time. They agreed to separate Berlin into quadrants as well. (Wolski) The United States, Britain, and France joined their sectors together as a democratic state called the Federal Republic of Germany. (Taylor) Meanwhile, Russia kept their portion separate and it became known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR). However, this caused a problem because the democratic West Berlin was

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    Ethan Stamm Mr. Fradkin U.S. History II/P.6 3 April 2016 The History of the 1936 Olympics It’s 1931, and Germany is in a massive post World War I depression. The unemployment rate is at 70% and millions of Germans are jobless. People have lost hope and faith in their country, and Germany in itself is starting to lose respect worldwide. A glimmer of hope came when Berlin was chosen as the host city for the 1936 summer Olympics. This was two years prior to the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor

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    is the graffiti that used to be part of the Berlin Wall. The western side was covered with graffiti, as people from West Germany wanted to express their ideas about the wall. The graffiti on the Berlin Wall criticized and ridiculed the eastern German government. When discussing the graffiti on the Berlin Wall, it is neither representative of gangs claiming territory nor of a particular style that is striving to be considered art. The graffiti on the Berlin Wall is solely representative of feelings

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    long dreary period in history. In this paper I will talk about the splitting of the Soviet Union, falling of the Berlin Wall, and ending of the Cold War. The Berlin Wall was what basically defined the Cold War. The main goal of the Berlin Wall was to keep western “ fascists” from entering East Germany. The Wall fell on November 9th,1889. Once the Berlin Wall fell a lot of people decided to switch from east to west Germany. However, the falling of the falling of the Berlin Wall wasn’t the only factor

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    original building of the Jewish Museum located in Berlin since 1933, but was shut down by the Nazi authorities in 1938. The Jewish Museum Association was established in 1975, which organized the first exhibition on Jewish history in 1978. In 1988, when the West Berlin Senate announced a competition for the “Extension of the Berlin Museum with a Jewish Museum Department”, the intention was to expand the old museum that was dedicated to the history of the city, and create a space for a proper Jewish

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