Konrad Adenauer

Following WWII and during the Cold War, there was a sense of instability in Europe. To counteract this, many nations believed that a united Europe could suppress the intense nationalism and militarism that lead to both world wars. Other nations reacted with advocacy, protest or were simply equivocal. Post WWII Europe was extremely chaotic and disjointed. Alliances had been made and broken during the world wars, so tensions were at an all time high throughout the continent. Germany was split into

World War Two had sharply exposed the imbalances in Britain's social, economic and political structures. In 1942, a report by Sir William Beveridge, chairman of a Ministry of Health committee, had advocated a system of national insurance, comprehensive welfare for all and strategies to maintain full employment. The 'Beveridge Report' formed the basis of Labour pledges in the 1945 election and resulted in a landslide victory. Clement Attlee’s (Labour, 1945 - 1951) government successfully harnessed

Nicole G. Purugganan CITIGOV A57 11338075 Sept. 2, 2015 Reflection Paper 1: The Tsinelas Governance of Jesse M. Robredo Jesse Manalasta Robredo was born on May 27, 1958 in Naga City. He studied high school at Ateneo de Naga then earned two undergraduate degrees in Industrial Management Engineering and Mechanical Engineering in De La Salle University. In such a short period of time, Jesse Robredo was able to accomplish many things. He was a multi-awarded local executive who left

The Causes and Consequences of the Berlin Crisis 1948 After the collapse of Germany in 1945, the Allied Powers of Russia, France, Britain and the United States divided the city of Berlin among themselves. However, relations began to go sour and the British, French and American zones merged in 1947. A series of events after that led to the Blockade of Berlin and the Berlin Airlift. The Berlin Blockade represented the first heightening of Cold War tensions. There

and devastation of the ww2 the unity of Europe was needed more than ever people were broken and needed hope of a better world without hatred and war. Through the actions of a few brave statesmen, who include Winston Churchill, Robert Schuman, Konrad Adenauer and Alcide de Gasperi they came to set a goal, and that was for the unification of Europe. The aims were to achieve political goals through economic cooperation and to have the industries that were destroyed and countries bankrupted from ww2,

Book Reading & Essay Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth Scott Bringhurst History 112 American History Ameritech College April 2nd, 2016 As a teenager in the 1980’s, I was able to witness many historical events unfold. One of the most memorable was in 1987, President Ronald Regan called upon the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev to “Tear down this wall!” In 1989, the world watched as the physical pieces of a wall that symbolized

Germany is seen as the economic leader of the 17-nation eurozone. Berlin has had a considerably better public debt and fiscal deficit relative to the gross domestic product (GDP) of the most affected eurozone members. The Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, insisted on ‘austerity’ by the affected states, especially worst-case Greece, rather than ‘bailout’ with external help. Thus, resulting in a polarized euro-opinion divided between the ‘austerity’ school and the more populist ‘growth’/bailout

The re-education problem is related to Germany much more than other Axis countries, which they are considered as the victims as a result of their alliance with Germans. Since Jews were the exposure to violence by the Nazi practice or education, discussed later, the United Nations supported and assisted the Jews and considered the Germans as the murders. It is not known whether Hungary and Rumania were part of that nations or not, but they can claim that the Nazi doctrine was something strange to

Case 173 of 2011 To illustrate things more, in 2011, case was opened by an order from the cabinet to the Ministry Of Justice, and was known in the media as "Case on Foreign Funding of Civil Society". The Minister set up an act-finding committee, to look into the origins and reasons of national human rights organizations receiving foreign funds from either foreign states or foreign international organizations. The committee launched its report on September 2011, and it contained reports from National

Fearing the continued expansion of the USSR, the US and UK determined after the war that it would be in their best interest to rebuild the West German military to act as a bulwark against the spread of communism. However, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer believed that this reconstruction of the armed forces would not be possible without the rehabilitation of the Wehrmacht in the foreign and domestic public’s minds. The US agreed, and Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower stated publicly that