(Bonus) Berlin Blockade - Wikipedia
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(Bonus) Post-Cold War Era - Wikipedia
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(Bonus) The post–Cold War era is a period of history that follows the end of the , which represents history after the in December 1991. This period saw many former become nations, as well as the introduction of in . This period also marked the becoming the world's sole . Relatively to the Cold War, the period is characterized by stabilization and disarmament. Both the United States and Russia significantly . The former became democratic and was integrated into world economy. Most of former Soviet...
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(Bonus) The Strategic Defense Initiative - Wikipedia
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(Bonus) The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), nicknamed the " program", was a proposed system intended to protect the United States from attack by ( and ). The concept was announced on March 23, 1983, by President , a vocal critic of the doctrine of (MAD), which he described as a "". Reagan called upon American scientists and engineers to develop a system that would render obsolete. Elements of the program reemerged in 2019 with the (SDA). The Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO)...
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(Bonus) The Day After movie - Wikipedia
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(Bonus) The Day After is an American that first aired on November 20, 1983 on the television network. The film postulates a fictional war between the and the over that rapidly escalates into a full-scale between the and the . The action itself focuses on the residents of ; ; and several family farms near American . The cast includes , , , , and . The film was written by , produced by Robert Papazian, and directed by . The film was broadcast...
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The Cold War: End of the Conflict, 6 of 6
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S16-E01 Topics: Strategic Defense Initiative, The Day After movie, Eastern Europe Collapse, Post Cold War Era. The following links allow you to subscribe: and , , , , , Gaana, , , , , Samsung Listen, , , , , and . Automatically available through these podcast apps: Castamatic, iCatcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RSSRadio, and more. Please post comments to the individual episodes, post to the iTunes podcast review and rating section, and email to me, [email protected] You can also check out my other four podcasts and other social media at
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(Bonus) The Balfour Declaration - Wikipedia
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(Bonus) The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the in 1917 during the announcing its support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in , then an region with a small minority population. The declaration was contained in a letter dated 2 November 1917 from the United Kingdom's to , a leader of the , for transmission to the . The text of the declaration was published in the press on 9 November 1917. Immediately following their declaration of war on...
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(Bonus) The Domino Theory - Wikipedia
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(Bonus) The domino theory is a theory which posits that increases or decreases in in one country tend to spread to neighboring countries in a . It was prominent in the from the 1950s to the 1980s in the context of the , suggesting that if one country in a region came under the influence of , then the surrounding countries would follow. It was used by successive United States administrations during the as justification for around the world. Former described the theory during a news conference...
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(Bonus) The Korean Conflict - Wikipedia
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(Bonus) The Korean conflict is an based on the division of between (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and (Republic of Korea), both of which claim to be the sole of all of Korea. During the , North Korea was backed by the , , and , while South Korea was backed by the , , and . The by the United States and the Soviet Union occurred in 1945 after the defeat of Japan ended , and both superpowers created separate governments in 1948. Tensions erupted into the , which lasted...
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The Cold War: Global Conflict, 5 of 6
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S16-E05 Topics: Korean Conflict, Domino Theory of Communist Conquest, Cuban Missile Crisis, Israel Established, Arab-Israel Wars. The following links allow you to subscribe: and , , , , , Gaana, , , , , Samsung Listen, , , , , and . Automatically available through these podcast apps: Castamatic, iCatcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RSSRadio, and more. Please post comments to the individual episodes, post to the iTunes podcast review and rating section, and email to me, [email protected] You can also check out my other four podcasts and other social media at
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(Bonus) The Truman Doctrine - Wikipedia
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(Bonus) The Truman Doctrine is an that pledges American "support for against threats." The doctrine originated with the primary goal of countering the growth of the during the . It was announced to by President on March 12, 1947, and further developed on July 4, 1948, when he pledged to oppose the and . More generally, the Truman Doctrine implied American support for other nations threatened by . It led to the formation of in 1949. Historians often use Truman's speech to...
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(Bonus) The Marshall Plan - Wikipedia
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(Bonus) The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to . The transferred $13.3 billion (equivalent to $173 billion in 2023) in economic recovery programs to Western European economies after the end of . Replacing an earlier proposal for a , it operated for four years beginning on April 3, 1948, though in 1951, the Marshall Plan was largely replaced by the . The goals of the United States were to rebuild war-torn regions, remove , modernize ,...
info_outline(Bonus) The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. The Soviets offered to drop the blockade if the Western Allies withdrew the newly introduced Deutsche Mark from West Berlin.
The Western Allies organised the Berlin Airlift (German: Berliner Luftbrücke, lit. "Berlin Air Bridge") from 26 June 1948 to 30 September 1949 to carry supplies to the people of West Berlin, a difficult feat given the size of the city and the population. American and British air forces flew over Berlin more than 250,000 times, dropping necessities such as fuel and food, with the original plan being to lift 3,475 tons of supplies daily. By the spring of 1949, that number was often met twofold, with the peak daily delivery totalling 12,941 tons. Among these was the work of the later concurrent Operation Little Vittles in which candy-dropping aircraft dubbed "raisin bombers" generated much goodwill among German children.