Union blockade

Belle Boyd “Confederate Spy" Maria Isabella “Belle” Boyd was born May 9, 1844 in Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) to an affluent family with deep Southern roots. Boyd was a determined, sharp, high-spirited person. Boyd was the oldest of eight children and the daughter of a shopkeeper, Benjamin Boyd, who enlisted in the Second Virginia Infantry, as a part of the Stonewall Brigade, and Mary Rebecca Glenn Boyd who both came from socially prominent families and also owned several slaves. Although

allies with countries across The Atlantic Ocean. So, the Russians created the Warsaw Pact to get alliance from other countries. The Soviets and the seven satellite states signed a mutual defense organization Treaty (Warsaw Pact) that allowed The Soviet Union to control their army. The seven countries that were part of the Warsaw Pact were , Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East

A few important events that escalated the Cold War are the Potsdam Conference, Hiroshima, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. All played major parts in escalating the Cold War and helped build the foundation for the Cold War for the years to come. Held near Berlin from July 17th to August 2, 1945, the Potsdam Conference was the last of the meetings held by the heads of state of multiple large countries at the time. These were Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill (who was replaced by his successor, Clement

European Union.” 1 Europe has a history of war and conflict that predates living memory and the idea of a united Europe is something that appears repeatedly in that history. Hitler, Napoleon, and the many Roman Emperors all sought a united Europe. Their quests although in many ways motivated by a horrifying desire for power sparked the minds of philosophers and other political thinkers to imagine Europe united in harmony and peace despite national differences. Today we have the European Union which

The Cold War was between the United States and the Soviet Union. It lasted from the year 1945 to 1991. The Cold War was based off of political and military tensions after World War II. They called it The Cold War because both nations were scared to fight each other directly, so it happened indirectly. They used words instead of weapons. The Soviet Union and the U.S. abused economic and social tensions around the world as a part of the competition. The eastern bloc name was used by NATO-affiliated

sums up the US’ policy towards the USSR during this period in a quite accurate manner. Novikov summarizes, “The present policy of the American government with regard to the USSR is also directed at limiting or dislodging the influence of the Soviet Union from neighboring countries.” By providing financial aid, the US managed to quell the revolt, and stop Greece’s communist movement. The US achieved the political goal of stopping Greece from becoming a communist nation, and that is what qualifies this

Imagine what it would be like to be in a political party that would ignite Europe in a war that would soon involve the entire world. Founded as The German Workers’ Party, and later renamed to The National Socialist Workers (Nazi) Party, or Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei in German, was that party. It was under control by Adolfus (Adolf) Hitler and promoted German pride and anti-Semitism. Thankfully, at the end of World War II, this party was outlawed and many of its top officials were

The Soviet Union was not the only nation in the postwar era to enact a communist platform. Mao-Tse-Tung and the communists drove Chiang-Kai-Shek’s Nationalists to Taiwan from mainland China. The United Nations did not admit this government until October 25, 1971 and

“For most of human history, food was literally the fuel of war” (Standage 145). In the American Revolution, food had a major impact on the war and may have been one of the reasons that the colonists outlasted the British and won the war. Britain, being an ocean away from their colonies, had a hard time properly feeding their 35,000 soldiers who needed thirty-seven tons of food a day, and their animals.. The British army could only get their food along the coast, and because they couldn’t get enough

adopted strategies to preserve their position. The superpower divided Europe into two: Eastern Europe which is leaded by the communist USSR, while there was democratic which is leaded by the USA in the Western Europe. Both the USA and USSR (Soviet Union) have several countries as their allies. the USA had the UK, France, New Zealand, Australia, West Germany, Canada and Netherlands which are Western apart from Australia and New Zealand. The USSR had Eat Europe countries like East Germany, Czechoslovakia