... vessel was shipped in hope for a large flourishing trade with China. This never became a reality (Ferrell 112). From a political standpoint, the Americans believed that Communist China was behind the attack of the 38th parallel (Ferrell 112). After China was passed under Communist control in 1949, the Marshall Plan was willing to give Nationalist China 400 million dollars for economic and ... North Korea having airfields near Japan's major cities (Ferrell 115). This meant at any time, the Koreans could possibly invade and destroy Japan and turning them Communist as well. A Korean attack ...

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... another Slavic nation and the only reason Hitler ask for Stalin to help is because he didn't want a two front war going on. The attack on Poland was to take place two days after signing the Nazi-Soviet Pact. After the victory they would spit up Poland equally between the ... States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. After that Stalin annexed them. The same day Stalin did this Hitler ordered immediate studies for the attack and conquest of Russia. Hitler wanted to destroy Russia first because he thought that Britain was waiting on Russia to join the war with them ... Germans. The British...

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... Union in the summer of 1941 with a prejudice that they could defeat and take Moscow by October that year. The German army was advancing extremely rapidly with the deadly Blitzkrieg attack, and one million Soviet troops were conscripted to help protect the next target city, Kiev. Hitler assumed that because the German army had been so successful in all their past ... Union in the summer of 1941 with a prejudice that they could defeat and take Moscow by October that year. The German army were advancing extremely rapidly with the deadly Blitzkrieg attack, and one million Soviet troops were...

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... removed the threat from communist states. According to the treaty all the member are committed to help one another in case of any military attack against one or more nations. In addition the member countries use peaceful means to settle their disputes. The Treaty: The treaty of NATO ... and jointly, by means of continuous and effective self-help and mutual aid, will maintain and develop their individual and collective capacity to resist armed attack. Article 4. The parties will consult together whenever, in opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or sec...

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... to settle all disputes among themselves or others through peaceful means. They all would come to the aid of the one threatened from an outside attack. Thus, the US as head of NATO and the Soviet Union as head of the Warsaw Pact naturally became the two dominant world powers, ... fighting ceased throughout Europe, several pacts came into play. Perhaps the most well known of these was NATO. NATO's Article 6 states an armed attack occurs when "the forces, vessels, or aircraft of any of the parties, when in or over these territories or any area of Europe, ... recognized. 3) Guantanamo would...

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... American ally to trade arms and other military supplies with her. While escorting loaded British ships across the Atlantic, the two fleet came under surprise attack from the German. Hitler had ordered sinking of any cargo ship the Germans met at sea. This prompted the British prime minister, Winston Churchill, ... off. However, this did not work as the Japanese continued with their conquest. On December 7th, the Pearl Harbour in Hawaii fell under attack from the Japanese. Additionally, in Europe, Germany and Italy joined hand together with Japan to wage war against the United States. It ...

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... protect each other and maintain security and stability. NATO was mainly formed in 1949 after the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty to deter an attack by the Soviet Union on non-communist nations of Western Europe during the Cold War. NATO was also established to keep the peace among former ... is the alliance's most powerful member. NATO countries believed that the Soviet Union would not attack if it would trigger war with the U.S. NATO's policy is known as deterrence because it is designed to deter an attack. NATO's purpose has been less clear since the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet U...

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... top lieutenants, and Molotov carved out a pact with the German foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, by which Russia and Germany agreed not to attack one another. This sacrifice of ideology, signed in August of 1939, shocked and frightened the West--but it should have come as no ... sea-fenced isle, Nazi Germany stood as the unquestionable master of continental Europe. This left Hitler free to turn on Stalin without fear of attack from the west. But for the next year, while the Nazi leader prepared to launch "Operation Barbarossa- against Russia, Stalin did little to ... the Soviet ...

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... Cuba to get the missiles out and if they don't abide, to bomb Cuba with an air attack destroying all the missiies7then following up with an invasion. The second choice was a sneek^attack to come in with an air attack and destroy all the mfssnes, then follow up with an invasion, and the third choice was to ... in that if all the missiles were not destroyed there may be a nuclear exchange between the two countries. JFK felt as if we were to pull a sneek air attack on Cube that it would look to the rest of the world that America was just a "big bully" picking on the little countries, and fi...

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... United Nations work. NATO was a military alliance that was formed to stand up to the Communist threat in the east. It essentially stated that an attack on any of the countries in the alliance was an attack on all of them. Much has changed in the world since the end of World War II and the interests of the US and Europe ... formed their own military alliance to oppose NATO. The Soviet-led alliance was called the Warsaw Pact. In forming NATO, each member country agreed to treat an attack on any other member as an attack on itself. The United States was and still is the alliances strongest...

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... Soviets and Cubans and they could retaliate. This would lessen the strength of the US because of the loss of the element of surprise and tactical effectiveness in their first attack. This is not a likely happening though. C. Alternative 3 The final option for the US would be military action, in the form of air strikes, targeting Cuba (in specific the missiles). This ... would be quick and disengage any immediate threat to US soil. The aftermath of this plan could be unimaginable though. In retaliation to the strikes the Soviets could begin an attack against the US. Eventual escalation w...

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... Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, France and 12 other small countries fought alongside the Americans in the war. At first the North Korean attack was successful and their defeat seemed certain until the UN sea-borne forces landed and Inchon and recaptured Seoul. Because of this the UN and South ... Koreans were able to launch a counter-attack, which went extremely well, they drove the communists back to North Korea and despite warning by China not to cross the 38th parallel into ... that he had been fighting against the Chinese and continued. On the 26th of November 1950,...

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... oil fields and fuel depots that was the lifeline of Soviet mobilization. If this objective were taken it would freeze the Soviet counter-attack exposing its flanks to Germany's freshly fueled troops, and it would render Soviet troops protecting Moscow incredibly vulnerable. Hitler also wanted to ... city on the River Volga which served as the protective barrier. Soviet forces in Stalingrad, at first, were normal, but as the German attack became more intense, the Soviets, under general Zhukov, were facing defeat. Quickly, they gathered over a million reinforcements from Moscow where there...

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... stripped of most of his wealth so that another person can have more material goods and be his equal. The main reason for the Bay of Pigs attack on Cuba was the change to communism. On January 1, 1959, Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country for the safety of the Dominican Republic ( ... the invasion?. He told them that he knew about the exiles and their training in Guatemala, and he knew that the CIA was in charge of the attack. Roa claimed that he got the information from LIFE magazine, the New York Daily News, and CBS (Goode, Stephen 79 & 80). Besides Roa, ... Army because it...

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... strike capability, which would be remarkably efficient. This is a valid fear among Russian officials. The U.S. could hypothetically launch first against the Russians. Russia would then launch in retaliation to the attack. With the new ABM system set up, the United States could (hypothetically) shoot down a good number of the incoming ICBMs, absorb a diminished ... attack, and then launch again with another arsenal of nuclear missiles. The United States takes a few hits in one attack whereas Russia takes the full brunt of two attacks. This hypothetical attack is not considered valid amon...

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... Britain and the United States might form an alliance with USSR and decided that the time was right to invade. The German strategy was to simultaneously attack Leningrad, Moscow and Smolensk and they began their attack with a massive artillery bombardment which caught the Russians by surprise and within the first 48 hours of the campaign the Luftwaffe had destroyed 2000 Russian aircraft ... , the panzers from the North divisions were within 80 miles of Leningrad and the central forces had taken Smolensk. In mid-July leadership debates over strategy arose. Hitler favored a concentrated att...

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... Union began to make trade agreements with Cuba to help fund their economic development. In agreement the Soviets placed missiles in Cuba, to help Cuba in case America wanted to attack, due to the conflicts between Cuba and America regarding trade issues of denying export of sugar to America. The trade was based on the beginning of the sugar export, which ... , when a U2 spy plane recorded photographs, which illustrated Cuba missile abilities. America was now in a state of "National Emergency". The American government was debating whether or not to deploy a surprise attack, but John Kenne...

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... and signed a treaty with them. R: U.S. had already been angry with them and this led to more aggression on their part. Bombing of Pearl Harbor. 12-7-1941 (11) A: Japan launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor which damaged of destroyed many ships and planes and killed about 2500 Americans. R: War was declared between the U.S. and Japan with its allies. "Asia for the Asians ... . Battle of the Bulge. December 1944 (19) A: In one of the Germans last offensive maneuvers, they summoned up some more strength and pushed back part of the allied line of attack. R: At first the Allies were losing ...

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... they need in order to resist being taken over. Millions of dollars were sent to countries such as Greece and Turkey so they could resist attack. This doctrine was very helpful in containing communism because it provided help to any country no matter how poor with help in defeating communism. This ... be needlessly jeopardized and a third world war must be prevented (doc G). If the Korean War escalated to a world war the Soviets might see a chance to attack the US. A very important step in handling communism was the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba. The Cuban missile crisis began in 1...

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... Harbor The attack in Pearl Harbor in December 1941 shocked United States. It meant not only the complete destruction of an important naval base and the loss of many lives, but in the ... of falling, nothing seemed to prevent the Nazi and its powerful allies to conquer the world. And though the attack in Pearl Harbor was shocking, the nightmare of expected upcoming problems was much greater. While incidents similar to the Pearl Harbor attack were unconsciously expected by many Americans as they were watching in great detail struggles on European scenes of war, they ... the right way to...

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... , the world was forever changed as Germany invaded Poland and executed its first "Blitzkrieg" or "Lightning attack", quickly crushing Polish resistance. Russia and Germany signed a non-aggression pact days before the attack on Poland. Seeing that Germany was dominating with barely any interference, Stalin knew that he needed an ... was denied so he then turned to Germany. Germany agreed and they signed a non-aggression pact. With the agreement, Russia and Germany would attack Poland. On September 1st Soviets attacked Poland from the east and Germany attacked from the west of Poland. With...

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... Mao Zedong and the Chinese. The Russian's strategy involved provocative threats, which included intimidating Mao with nuclear force. They deliberately insinuated that they were discussing plans for a nuclear attack on the Chinese (focusing upon their nuclear arsenal) during numerous negotiations involving both nations' heads of state. China dismissed Moscow's aggressive posture and Mao was reluctant to respond to ... had been approaching foreign governments to inquire about their reactions to a potential Soviet preemptive strike (p. 1187). Mao Zedong deemed this information as being cre...

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... The task of the division was set in the following order. The assault groups of the 130th and 135thInfantry Regiments were to launch an attack to surround the fortress, eliminate the Soviet military units inside and occupy the territory of Brest, as well as the railway bridges and walkways ... trainee of the driving school of the Belarusian Border District M.I. Myasnikov recalled: "... On the morning of June 25, the Germans began a heavy targeted fire attack on the island. They set fire to the garage, the storage room and the dining room. On June 27, a strong bombing of the island and ......

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... this role, delivering large quantities of food from the lower Volga to Moscow and markedly improving the local railroad network. During the summer of 1918, Stalin's operations came under military attack by Cossacks and anti-Bolshevik forces from both the Caucasus and the Donets basin. Stalin appointed his own military commander (Voroshilov), who successfully defended the city. It was during ... Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, all of which managed successfully to hold on to their independence). In fact, Lenin recognized Georgia's independence in April of 1920. Stalin, however, urged Lenin...

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... a terrific success. However, the Americans had miscalculated and the failure of the invasion was humiliating. Castro was much more popular than the CIA had thought, and an army American sponsored attack would actually enrage most Cubans, at the same time improving the position of the leader, Castro. This, the Americans had all misjudged. The Bay of Pigs invasion had been drawn ... surface-to-air missiles and a number of offensive nuclear missiles. In April 18, 1961, the Soviet Premier wrote President Kennedy threatening to give Cubaall necessary assistance in beating back armed attack?....

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