The Impact of the Cold War around the World
On October 22, 1956, Hungarians took to Parliament Square in Budapest to protest the Pro-Stalinist regime in Hungary. The movement, led mainly by students and workers, advocated for economic and social reforms and the removal of Stalinist leaders like Mátyás
Read moreIn 1947, Yugoslavia and the other “Eastern Bloc” nations strongly rejected the United States’ Marshall Plan aid at the demand of Joseph Stalin. Only one year later, in 1948, Yugoslavia’s leader, Josip Broz Tito split with Stalin and established Yugoslavia
Read moreIn February 1948, Czechoslovakia was Joseph Stalin’s next recruit for his Communist orchestra developing in the Eastern Bloc. The once democratically elected nation converted into a “People’s Democracy,” almost overnight. Reactionary forces, made up of Ministers of the Social Democratic
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A New Berlin The divided city of Berlin experienced quite disparate fortunes, with West Berlin flourishing while the Eastern side toiled. In search of better fortunes, thousands of East Germans fled west across the border, weakening not only the city
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