History revision

Up until 1917 Russia was ruled by an Autocrat (was ruled by one person who can also be a dictator) - The Tsar. He was well meaning but inefficient and maintained his position by means of the......

Treaty of Versailles - Effect on Germany The following list outlines how Germany was affected and how they felt regarding the treaty: The German people were horrified - the fact that they had......

Treaty of Versailles - Victor's Policies Clemenceau (France) Wanted to cripple Germany so it couldn't attack France again. France had suffered the most during the war so Clemenceau was under......

1. Do Nothing - Leave the missiles as they were. This would be unpopular amongst Americans. 2. An air strike - this would lead to war with Cuba and possibly with Russia with no assurance that......

The first peace talks started in Kaesong in June 1951 but nothing came from this and fighting continued through the winter and a limited war continued until July 1953. The election of Eisenhower......

The USA military flew planes over Russia to gain aerial pictures of what was going on and was confident that Russia didn't have missiles good enough to shoot down the U2 aerial reconnaissance......

The Treaty of Versailles was made at the Paris peace conference in the palace of Versailles. The important decisions were made by the "big three" (UK, USA, France) but there were problems from......

After this Castro sought aid from Russia, who sent ships, and Kennedy ordered constant air surveillance of Cuba, revealing that "intermediate range Ballistic Missiles" (I. R. B. M. S) had......

Elections then commenced in 1948 when Syngman Rhee became president of South Korea after winning an election supervised by the UN, and the People's Democratic Republic was set up in North Korea by......

Learn It Check you know the main principles by reviewing the list of different topic areas, either click on the topic heading to quick learn the whole topic or pick individual principles to brush......

Learn It Check you know the main principles by reviewing the list of different topic areas, either click on the topic heading to quick learn the whole topic or pick individual principles to brush......

Learn It Check you know the main principles by reviewing the list of different topic areas, either click on the topic heading to quick learn the whole topic or pick individual principles to brush......

Berlin Crisis In March 1948 the Russians began to regulate traffic on the road to Berlin in their section of Germany. Train departures from Berlin were stopped and in June all traffic was......

22nd October Kennedy announced his course of action (to employ a naval blockade) on national television. 25th October 25 ships en route to Cuba from Russia turned round before they reached......

Relations between USA and USSR were bad and had been worsened by the U2 incident in May 1960. Cuba was an island only 90 miles from the coast of Florida and in the Military base at Guantamano......

One of the long term effects was that NATO was formed. The west was now very worried about Russian threats. In March 1948 the Brussel treaty was signed between many allied countries, the principal......

WORLD WAR ONE:Causes of World War 1:The rise of Germany: Germany was at first divided into small states, the most important one of these states was called Prussia. In the 1860s the leader of......

Learn It Check you know the main principles by reviewing the list of different topic areas, either click on the topic heading to quick learn the whole topic or pick individual principles to brush......

Learn It Check you know the main principles by reviewing the list of different topic areas, either click on the topic heading to quick learn the whole topic or pick individual principles to brush......

Learn It Check you know the main principles by reviewing the list of different topic areas, either click on the topic heading to quick learn the whole topic or pick individual principles to brush......