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Russian Revolution
Russian Revolution.The dismantling of the Tsarist autocracy is Russia in 1917 resulted in the changing of fate for tens of millions of Russian people. For, under the new communist state, they were to be ruled by arguably the worst tyrant in human history, Joseph Stalin. Because of this, the Russian people’s livelihoods and freedoms actually became worse after the overthrowing of the Tsar monarch. In addition to their livelihoods decreasing as a direct result of the revolution, it had a great in -
Nuclear Arms Race
Nuclear Arms Race.The nuclear bomb itself had a long and lasting effect on the Japanese peoples, however the competition between the US and USSR superpowers had a much more indirect and longer-lasting effect on humanity. This fierce competition was a huge driving factor for tension between the superpowers, eventually leading to further hundreds of thousands of people suffering and dying throughout the entire Cold War. Because, this tension fueled the Vietnam ground invasion, building of the Ber -
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War. The conflict between the Viet Cong itself resulted in years of death and suffering, however this escalated dramatically on 8 March 1965 when the American ground invasions began. An estimated 3.1 million people died in the Vietnam War, from Vietnamese civilians all the way to Australian allies. Hence the war had an effect on many nations, in particular the Vietnamese who some say were sent back to the Stone Age because of American bombing. -
Berlin Wall, the building of.
The building of the Berlin Wall.The building of the Berlin Wall was basically the biggest slap to the face of human liberty and freedom of the 20th century. One man could’ve gone to work on the East side of Berlin and not have been able to return home to his family that same night. It was an obtrusive and overpowering construction that stretched as far as the eye could see and in between it, a pit of death, with barbed wire and all manner of merciless killing items. The people of Berlin never f -
John F Kennedy, the assaniation of
JFK.The assassination of the American President , John F Kennedy as one of the darkest days in American History. For, he was seen as one of the greatest and influential leaders of modern times and after such a short time in office, he was murdered in front of thousands of bystanders in broad daylight. It is hard to assess the damage on the American people, however Robert McNamara went on to state that If Lyndon Johnson had not become president and his friend JFK had, there would have been no wa -
Berlin Wall, the bringing down of
The Bringing down of the Berlin Wall.Arguably the end of the Cold War, which gave freedom back to the ensnared people of Berlin. A symbol for the end of Soviet atrocity’s and a beacon of hope for a new age of peace. The desperation and commitment on the people faces in the linked picture is a clear representation of the effect the destroying of the wall had on them, in allowing them to move on.
