Tag: soviet-union
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History of the Cold War. I. 1945-1947.
The end of the Second World War left Great Britain as no longer being a great power while it was practically bankrupt at the end of the war, and then increasingly less powerful during the process of decolonization that followed. The Soviet Union suffered heavier losses than any other country in the war, as they…
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History of the Two German States: 1949-1973.
The consolidation of the two German states became increasingly further consolidated in different stages, following the failures of the four-power military occupation and their diplomatic representatives to cooperate toward a common postwar permanent postwar settlement. The zonal divisions in the west and the east became permanent with the creation of two separate German states as…
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History of National Socialist Germany during the Second World War. II.
Nazi Germany launched large-scale air attacks on Britain to defeat the Royal Air Force (RAF) beginning in August, before a seaborne invasion could be attempted, first against military targets, including air fields and radar station installations, and then against British cities to first secure air superiority, and also to weaken the British resolve to stay…