After WWII

After WWII

WWII

​​​​​​​WWll ended in May of 1945 with Germany surrendering to the Allied powers, a week after Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany surrendered his life. Japan also surrendered after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They signed their surrender on September 2nd, resulting in an allied victory. At the end of the war, it became clear that new technology would drastically change the direction of future wars. At the conclusion of the war, the world powers signed a peace treaty that limited the production of Nuclear weapons in fear of complete nuclear destruction. However, during this time two of these world powers were leading the race in the creation of these devastating weapons. The United States and the Soviet Union were both investing in atomic bombs. However, this was not the only dividing line. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

This a picture of soldiers planting the american flag on a mound. 

A Global Devide

After the war the United States and Soviet Union, once allies, began to become suspicious of the other. Both sides adopted their own political and economic system. These two very different approaches divided these two nations. Because these systems were so drastically different the spread of these systems threatened the stability of the other.

Capitalism

  Capitalism, practiced by the United States, is an economic system where people and companies make the decisions and the government plays a secondary role. This means that production is mostly or entirely privately owned and used for profit. There are both pros and cons to capitalism.

Pros-More opportunity for innovation, better quality of goods and services, and more focus on individual skills.

Cons- include social inequality, corporate greed, monopolies, price gouging.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Top Left: Is an image of 2 people pulling a carage and a person whipping them and another person of higher power sitting and relaxing. N.D anonymous

Top Right: This image is of two Nazis and one telling to shoot the little kids and the other soldier aming at them. While the little kids stand against a wall that has blood harvest on it. N.D anonymous

Bottom Left: Image of three soldiers being attacked by a octupus with a Souvit Union sign on its head. 

Bottom Right: Is a skeletone of a baby walking and a soldier to bare of bones hading his gun to the repper. N.D anonymous

Communinsim

Communisim was practiced by the Soviet Union. It is a system, designed by Karl Marx, where society is classless. This approach allows the state to hold all of the power. In short, Communism is a system where everyone in society receives the same amount of the benefits of labor. 

Pros-Allows the poor to attain a social and financial status equal to other middle class land owners.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Cons- Certainly freedoms are restricted and there is less incentive for innovation.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Top Left:It is a bundence of leaders fighting on the top of the world and one sweeping them off. N.D anonymous

Top Right: Is a higher soldier pushing a smaller soldier and and another smaller soldier into a pile of bones representing Communinsim. N.D anonymous

Bottom Left: The image shows a lizard on top of a buliding showing power and spilling money with others picking it up and higher power people arresting others. N.D anonymous

Bottom Right: Shows one in power while the others hold them up and are forced to do what goverment wants. N.D anonymous

Iron Curtin

To prevent the spread of the others’ economic system other nations were used as a buffer. A non-physical barrier that was created by the Soviet Union to divide Europe from the end of WWll to the end of the cold war which was in 1991. Its purpose was to block itself from the west and their allies.  ​​​​​​​

Image 1: Is a buisness man holding the wold on won side and money on the other showing the money and the world is balanced by one person. N.D anonymous.

Image 2: Is a map showing the imaginary line of the boarder between them. N.D anonymous

Image 3:Is an image of the leaders in power of Communist leaders. N.D anonymous