The period known as Détente
The French word “détente” means a release of tension and this is what occurred at the beginning of the 1970s
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The Suffragettes
Imagine a United Kingdom when only half the population could have any say in the running of the country? Imagine
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The Cold War did not just happen between the US and the Soviet Union. With the nature of warzones, other
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naqS-BlpfU4 The first major event was the Berlin Blockade and Airlift in 1948. Berlin was in the Soviet zone
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naqS-BlpfU4 It began with barbed wire, and then an actual wall divided an entire city. This was the case for
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The Cold War – An Introduction
The war in Europe ended in 1945. But an even greater war, without the use of battles and guns, was
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