The Atomic Cafe. Destination Earth : Sutherland (John) Productions. JFK Library :: The President's Desk. Operation History. Our briefing on the CIA wouldn’t be complete without a look back at the history of intelligence. These operations date back to the earliest times and earliest governments, well before the formation of the United States. Here in America, intelligence played a vital role in the Revolutionary War for independence, and there’s a virtual treasure trove of exciting stories and brave people and events that have shaped our country, often behind the scenes.
On the following pages, you can learn about some of the famous (and a few not-so-famous) people and the roles they played in American intelligence. Also, we’ve approved you to visit one of the most secret museums in the world as you continue your briefing on the CIA. The files linked below will give you even more historical background: American Experience . The Berlin Airlift . Newspaper Accounts. Cold War Museum. History of the Atomic Age. A comprehensive section chronicling the discovery of nuclear fission, the race for the atomic bomb, the development of the hydrogen bomb and the ensuing Cold War and beyond.
Cold War: A Brief History Explore the critical events of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union Race for the Hydrogen Bomb As the American and Soviet nuclear programs took root and grew, and the race for the hydrogen bomb was soon on. The Manhattan Project "The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb" is a history of the American atomic bomb program during World War II. The First Pile The saga of man's first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. The Trinity Test On July 16, 1945 the world changed with the explosion of the first atomic bomb that took place at Trinity Site. Tale of Two Cities Recount the events of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Manhattan Project Signature Facilities Information on the Department of Energy's Manhattan Project "Signature Facilities". A Secret Landscape: The Cold War Infrastructure of the Nation's Capital Region. LIFE. Nuclear Terrorism - Blast Maps. War Speeches — History.com. Www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/collateral/articles/Korean.War.pdf. The Cold War. As of July 1, 2013 ThinkQuest has been discontinued. We would like to thank everyone for being a part of the ThinkQuest global community: Students - For your limitless creativity and innovation, which inspires us all. Teachers - For your passion in guiding students on their quest. Partners - For your unwavering support and evangelism. Parents - For supporting the use of technology not only as an instrument of learning, but as a means of creating knowledge. We encourage everyone to continue to “Think, Create and Collaborate,” unleashing the power of technology to teach, share, and inspire.
Best wishes, The Oracle Education Foundation. Truman Library: The Berlin Airlift Online Research File. The Berlin Blockade/Airlift - Scratchpad Wiki Labs - Free wikis from Wikia. Preface In July of 1945 at Potsdam, it was decided among the Big 3 (Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, and Josef Stalin) that Germany would be split along the Elbe River, with the Western powers getting control of the West, and the Soviet Union the East. The border between the two "countries" was lined with barbed-wire and communist-friendly guards. Berlin was also split in this way. It was also at this meeting that the Four-Power Agreement was signed, giving air access to West Berlin from West Germany; a highway route along with a canal into West Berlin were also allowed.
The Blockade Western Europe was growing strong quite rapidly from the Marshall Plan, which made Stalin very nervous; he feared that he may become overpowered. The first response of many West Berlin leaders was to just leave, just as Stalin had hoped; but the United States argued that if Stalin was allowed to take West Berlin, he would try to take West Germany as well. The Airlift The Lifting of the Blockade. The Cold War begins.
McCarthyism: Index Page. Un-American Activities Committee. On 26th May, 1938, the United States House of Representatives authorized the formation of the Special House Committee on Un-American Activities. "The Speaker of the House of Representatives is authorized to appoint a special committee to be composed of seven members for the purpose of conducting an investigation of (1) the extent, character, and object of un-American propaganda activities in the United States, (2) the diffusion within the United States of subversive and un-American propaganda that is instigated from foreign countries or of a domestic origin and attacks the principle of the form of government as guaranteed by the Constitution, and (3) all other questions in relations thereto that would aid Congress in any necessary remedial legislation.
" The first chairman of the Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was Martin Dies. The main objective of the HUAC was the investigation of un-American and subversive activities. J. Hallie Flanagan eventually appeared before the HUAC. J. Life magazine cold war. LIFE. Cold War Timeline.