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The Return of Stalingrad
The Russian metropolis of Volgograd resumed its Soviet World War II-era name of Stalingrad on Saturday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad. The name change will be accompanied by concerts, military parades, and attended by President Vladimir Putin. The city was initially named Stalingrad in 1925 after the Soviet leader […]
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The Cold War: The Origins of the Conflict.
- April 1, 2012
- Allies
- Atomic Age
- Atomic Era
- Clement Atlee
- Cold War
- Communism
- Fallout Shelter
- Fight against Fascism
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Great Patriotic War
- Harry Truman
- History
- Joseph Stalin
- Mutually Assured Destruction
- Nuclear Weapons
- Origins
- Potsdam Conference
- Russians
- Soviet Union
- United States
- Winston Churchill
- World War II
- Yalta Conference
The tensions of the Cold War are hard to imagine in the current era, even with the fear of ‘terror’ and living in what some call the ‘age of terrorism.’ For example, in the United States, Cold War paranoia reached untold heights, with secret bunkers and installations built across the country in case of nuclear […]
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