5 1st plenary session MOLOTOV
... military forces, which were nearly as large as the armies of the respective countries and far better in terms of technical equipment. From March 1940 (after the end of Soviet – Finnish war), and especially since April 1940, as military operations were activated in the West, the Baltic States saw inc ...
... military forces, which were nearly as large as the armies of the respective countries and far better in terms of technical equipment. From March 1940 (after the end of Soviet – Finnish war), and especially since April 1940, as military operations were activated in the West, the Baltic States saw inc ...
The Muddled Legend of Yalta
... Europe, offsetting Soviet expansion. An independent Poland, if it could be achieved, would be of enormous value. With US troops expected to go home soon after the victory, Churchill also sought to strengthen France to help with defense of the west. Stalin, 66, felt that the Soviet Union had carried ...
... Europe, offsetting Soviet expansion. An independent Poland, if it could be achieved, would be of enormous value. With US troops expected to go home soon after the victory, Churchill also sought to strengthen France to help with defense of the west. Stalin, 66, felt that the Soviet Union had carried ...
scenario notes - 12 O`Clock High!
... to request the withdrawal out of Latvia. At the beginning of the month of October, desperately needed Army Group North units were ordered to withdraw out of the Baltics and to report to Army Group Center. An already fragile army group was getting weaker by the day as the buildup of fresh forces in t ...
... to request the withdrawal out of Latvia. At the beginning of the month of October, desperately needed Army Group North units were ordered to withdraw out of the Baltics and to report to Army Group Center. An already fragile army group was getting weaker by the day as the buildup of fresh forces in t ...
Cold War – Seven Paradigms
... believes that the Americans were basically inflexible in their vision of the postwar world, he contends that the Soviets were rather conciliatory. The pressure the United States placed on the Soviets only served to make them more determined to protect themselves from American control or intimidation ...
... believes that the Americans were basically inflexible in their vision of the postwar world, he contends that the Soviets were rather conciliatory. The pressure the United States placed on the Soviets only served to make them more determined to protect themselves from American control or intimidation ...
WWII - timeline 1939-1945
... • German-USSR Non-Aggression Pact (1939): Before the outbreak of WWII, Nazi Germany and the USSR were eager to end the status quo, and extend their respective spheres of control. Therefore, they signed a secret pact where they divided central and eastern Europe in half, with Germany being ceded all ...
... • German-USSR Non-Aggression Pact (1939): Before the outbreak of WWII, Nazi Germany and the USSR were eager to end the status quo, and extend their respective spheres of control. Therefore, they signed a secret pact where they divided central and eastern Europe in half, with Germany being ceded all ...
The Potsdam Conference
... States), Winston Churchill (Great Britain), and Joseph Stalin (USSR) agreed to meet to discuss war strategy and issues that would affect the postwar world. Dubbed the "Big Three," the Allied leaders had met previously in November 1943, at the Tehran Conference. Seeking a neutral site for the meeting ...
... States), Winston Churchill (Great Britain), and Joseph Stalin (USSR) agreed to meet to discuss war strategy and issues that would affect the postwar world. Dubbed the "Big Three," the Allied leaders had met previously in November 1943, at the Tehran Conference. Seeking a neutral site for the meeting ...
Declaration on Latvian Legionnaires in World War II
... In 1998, false information is being disseminated in the global mass media, as well as to the foreign governments and international organisations, stating that Latvian legionnaires who fought in the German armed forces against the USSR in World War II were supporters of Hitler’s regime. In the name o ...
... In 1998, false information is being disseminated in the global mass media, as well as to the foreign governments and international organisations, stating that Latvian legionnaires who fought in the German armed forces against the USSR in World War II were supporters of Hitler’s regime. In the name o ...
The History Success Kit. High School History
... another war, the British and French let Germany get away with violating the Treaty of Versailles. In 1936, Germany and Italy formed an alliance, and shortly after, Japan joined allegiance with Germany against the communist Soviet Union. Germany began reclaiming territory through military force, even ...
... another war, the British and French let Germany get away with violating the Treaty of Versailles. In 1936, Germany and Italy formed an alliance, and shortly after, Japan joined allegiance with Germany against the communist Soviet Union. Germany began reclaiming territory through military force, even ...
War Conference Wkst
... Union, the new American president, Harry S. Truman, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain (replaced on July 28 by his successor, Clement Attlee). On July 26, the leaders issued a declaration demanding 'unconditional surrender' from Japan, concealing the fact that they had privately a ...
... Union, the new American president, Harry S. Truman, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain (replaced on July 28 by his successor, Clement Attlee). On July 26, the leaders issued a declaration demanding 'unconditional surrender' from Japan, concealing the fact that they had privately a ...
Ghere Handouts 1 through 10 - Organization of American Historians
... The Soviets resented the involvement of English, French, and American troops on Russian land to support anticommunist forces during the Russian Civil War after World War I. ...
... The Soviets resented the involvement of English, French, and American troops on Russian land to support anticommunist forces during the Russian Civil War after World War I. ...
The Saylor Foundation Saylor.org The Origins of the Cold War
... been divided into four zones of occupation, as had the capital, Berlin, which was otherwise far on the eastern side. In each case, the Soviet Union controlled the eastern half and the western half was divided between the United States, Great Britain, and France. The Soviets had initially agreed to p ...
... been divided into four zones of occupation, as had the capital, Berlin, which was otherwise far on the eastern side. In each case, the Soviet Union controlled the eastern half and the western half was divided between the United States, Great Britain, and France. The Soviets had initially agreed to p ...
The Cold War World: A US Perspective 1945
... future, the crisis was averted until the Soviets retracted their offer and added that Jupiter missiles must be removed from the Soviet’s bloc in Turkey. This was the essence of détente! • The threat turned to the issue of should an invasion into Cuba be launched or a military strike before the ...
... future, the crisis was averted until the Soviets retracted their offer and added that Jupiter missiles must be removed from the Soviet’s bloc in Turkey. This was the essence of détente! • The threat turned to the issue of should an invasion into Cuba be launched or a military strike before the ...
The Emotional Response to the Cold War: Hypernationalism
... future, the crisis was averted until the Soviets retracted their offer and added that Jupiter missiles must be removed from the Soviet’s bloc in Turkey. This was the essence of détente! The threat turned to the issue of should an invasion into Cuba be launched or a military strike before the missile ...
... future, the crisis was averted until the Soviets retracted their offer and added that Jupiter missiles must be removed from the Soviet’s bloc in Turkey. This was the essence of détente! The threat turned to the issue of should an invasion into Cuba be launched or a military strike before the missile ...
The Cold War World: A US Perspective 1945
... future, the crisis was averted until the Soviets retracted their offer and added that Jupiter missiles must be removed from the Soviet’s bloc in Turkey. This was the essence of détente! The threat turned to the issue of should an invasion into Cuba be launched or a military strike before the missile ...
... future, the crisis was averted until the Soviets retracted their offer and added that Jupiter missiles must be removed from the Soviet’s bloc in Turkey. This was the essence of détente! The threat turned to the issue of should an invasion into Cuba be launched or a military strike before the missile ...
Analyzing the World War II Conferences
... F. Bymes, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden (who after 28 July was replaced by Ernest Bevin), and Foreign Secretary V.M. Molotov. The first declaration issued by the conference was the "unconditional surrender" ultimatum (26 July) presented to Japan. The chief questions before the conference were the p ...
... F. Bymes, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden (who after 28 July was replaced by Ernest Bevin), and Foreign Secretary V.M. Molotov. The first declaration issued by the conference was the "unconditional surrender" ultimatum (26 July) presented to Japan. The chief questions before the conference were the p ...
INTRODUCTION - war changes climate
... Leningrad, Kalini, Mazhaisk (west of Moscow) to Belowgrad, Rostov, and Sevastopol (Krim). Since mid-November 1941, temperature during daytime was of -3°C, and at night it went down to -7°C. By the end of November, temperature fell to -25 degrees Celsius on the Eastern Front. Along the frontlines clo ...
... Leningrad, Kalini, Mazhaisk (west of Moscow) to Belowgrad, Rostov, and Sevastopol (Krim). Since mid-November 1941, temperature during daytime was of -3°C, and at night it went down to -7°C. By the end of November, temperature fell to -25 degrees Celsius on the Eastern Front. Along the frontlines clo ...
The Yalta Conference
... States would withdraw from European affairs as it had after the First World War. The Big Three also agreed to a reparations commission and tentatively allotted 50 percent of about $20 billion to the Soviet Union. This was a compromise. Stalin wanted punitive reparations to permanently eliminate Germ ...
... States would withdraw from European affairs as it had after the First World War. The Big Three also agreed to a reparations commission and tentatively allotted 50 percent of about $20 billion to the Soviet Union. This was a compromise. Stalin wanted punitive reparations to permanently eliminate Germ ...
The Round Tablette - Dr. Harold C. Deutsch WWII History Roundtable
... land that had been lost in the earlier Russo-Finnish War. Von Leeb’s plan was to capture the city quickly, but strong Soviet resistance and Hitler’s transfer of the 4th Panzer Group to Army Group Center for the attack on Moscow forced him to besiege the city. In Leningrad preparations began as soon ...
... land that had been lost in the earlier Russo-Finnish War. Von Leeb’s plan was to capture the city quickly, but strong Soviet resistance and Hitler’s transfer of the 4th Panzer Group to Army Group Center for the attack on Moscow forced him to besiege the city. In Leningrad preparations began as soon ...
Reagan and the Cold War
... World opinion condemned the bloody suppression of the prodemocracy demonstrators In 1989, the Solidarity movement in Poland toppled Poland’s communist gov’t and with speed, communist regimes collapsed in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Romania In December 1989, Germans danced atop the hat ...
... World opinion condemned the bloody suppression of the prodemocracy demonstrators In 1989, the Solidarity movement in Poland toppled Poland’s communist gov’t and with speed, communist regimes collapsed in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Romania In December 1989, Germans danced atop the hat ...
Hitler`s Panzers East: World War II Reinterpreted
... Panzers East: World War II Reinterpreted, Russel Stolfi advances the thesis that in June 1941 the Germans had the physical capabilities at the right time and place to win the Second World War. Stolfi states the German invasion of the Soviet Union, operation name Barbarossa, whether successful or uns ...
... Panzers East: World War II Reinterpreted, Russel Stolfi advances the thesis that in June 1941 the Germans had the physical capabilities at the right time and place to win the Second World War. Stolfi states the German invasion of the Soviet Union, operation name Barbarossa, whether successful or uns ...
The Road to World War II
... conflict • Military leaders (early 1930s) used violence to overthrow government • Nationalistic dreams of greatness • Soon leads to war ...
... conflict • Military leaders (early 1930s) used violence to overthrow government • Nationalistic dreams of greatness • Soon leads to war ...
Great Patriotic War (USSR) - IB 20th c. World History Y2
... “For sheer cynicism, the Nazi dictator had met his match in the Soviet despot ... the sordid, secret deal ... The Soviet despot for years had cried out at the 'fascist beasts' and called for peace-loving states to band together to halt the Nazi aggression.” William Shirer, "The Rise and Fall of the ...
... “For sheer cynicism, the Nazi dictator had met his match in the Soviet despot ... the sordid, secret deal ... The Soviet despot for years had cried out at the 'fascist beasts' and called for peace-loving states to band together to halt the Nazi aggression.” William Shirer, "The Rise and Fall of the ...
The Point in Dispute between Japan and Russia (3)
... attacking Japan when “there had been no overt move by the Japanese in the Far East (that would) justify Soviet entry into the war,” as Stalin himself admitted. In this case, the victims were clearly Japanese. The Red Army did not stop attacking the Japanese population even after Japan surrendered an ...
... attacking Japan when “there had been no overt move by the Japanese in the Far East (that would) justify Soviet entry into the war,” as Stalin himself admitted. In this case, the victims were clearly Japanese. The Red Army did not stop attacking the Japanese population even after Japan surrendered an ...
Background of the occupation of the Baltic states
The background of the occupation of the Baltic states covers the period before the first Soviet occupation on 14 June 1940, stretching from independence in 1918 to the Soviet ultimatums in 1939–1940. The Baltic states gained their independence during and after the Russian revolutions of 1917; Lenin's government allowed them to secede. They managed to sign non-aggression treaties in the 1920s and 1930s. Despite the treaties, the Baltic states were forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940 in the aftermath of the German–Soviet pact of 1939.