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Aug 2, 2016 · Make a timeline of the important steps described in this reading that show Germany’s change from a democracy to a dictatorship. Which action by the Nazis do you think was most damaging to democracy in Germany? Why? What would ordinary Germans have witnessed in the days after the Reichstag fire?
Key events. Early in 1938, the German leader in the Sudetenland Konrad Henlein complains that Sudeten Germans are being mistreated by Czechs. 30 May 1938 – Hitler orders plans to destroy...
By the autumn of 1934 Hitler was in complete control of Germany. Learn about and revise Nazi control and dictatorship between 1933 and 1939 with this BBC Bitesize History (Edexcel) study guide.
- Discovering The Missiles
- A New Threat to The U.S.
- Kennedy Weighs The Options
- Showdown at Sea: U.S. Blockades Cuba
- A Deal Ends The Standoff
After seizing power in the Caribbean island nation of Cuba in 1959, leftist revolutionary leader Fidel Castro (1926-2016) aligned himself with the Soviet Union. Under Castro, Cuba grew dependent on the Soviets for military and economic aid. During this time, the U.S. and the Soviets (and their respective allies) were engaged in the Cold War(1945-91...
For the American officials, the urgency of the situation stemmed from the fact that the nuclear-armed Cuban missiles were being installed so close to the U.S. mainland–just 90 miles south of Florida. From that launch point, they were capable of quickly reaching targets in the eastern U.S. If allowed to become operational, the missiles would fundame...
From the outset of the crisis, Kennedy and ExComm determined that the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba was unacceptable. The challenge facing them was to orchestrate their removal without initiating a wider conflict–and possibly a nuclear war. In deliberations that stretched on for nearly a week, they came up with a variety of options, including...
A crucial moment in the unfolding crisis arrived on October 24, when Soviet ships bound for Cuba neared the line of U.S. vessels enforcing the blockade. An attempt by the Soviets to breach the blockade would likely have sparked a military confrontation that could have quickly escalated to a nuclear exchange. But the Soviet ships stopped short of th...
Despite the enormous tension, Soviet and American leaders found a way out of the impasse. During the crisis, the Americans and Soviets had exchanged letters and other communications, and on October 26, Khrushchev sent a message to Kennedy in which he offered to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for a promise by U.S. leaders not to invade Cuba. ...
Key points. The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was probably the nearest the Cold War came to breaking into an all-out nuclear war between America and the Soviet Union. Nuclear missile bases in Cuba...
Many 'Old Bolsheviks' who were part of the October 1917 revolution were killed during the purges because it enabled Stalin to consolidate his position as the dictator of both the Communist Party and the USSR. Bukharin and Kamenev were among those he executed.
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May 4, 2022 · They have nuclear weapons, extensive cyber capabilities and some of the largest standing armies in the world. And yet the stories those in power tell their own people are about how they are threatened, how their enemies (chief among them the US) want to keep them down and thwart their peaceful rise.
