* The implosion of the USSR:In the context of glasnost (restructuring) and perestroika (publicity of ideas and debates) and an attempt to democratize the Soviet Union, its implosion done in five main steps: o From March 1989, the Baltic republics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) proclaimed their sovere
On March 11, 1985, after Chernenkos death, Mikhail Gorbachev (only 54 years old!) came to power in the Soviet Union. Soon after, he launched the policies of glasnost and perestroika. * The search for disarmament:Gorbachev wants to get his country out of the Cold War which is ruining the Soviet Unio
The expansionism of the Soviet Union Taking advantage of the decline of the United States on the international scene due to the humiliation suffered in Vietnam and the pacifist policy of President Carter, the Soviet Union took the opportunity to engage more, particularly in Asia, Africa and South A
Nuclear agreements In the aftermath of the Cuban missile crisis, which almost plunged the world into a Third World War, the United States and the USSR decided to come together to control, in a spirit of transparency, a balance henceforth based on destruction mutually insured” (MAD in English). Fro
Peaceful coexistence On March 5, 1953, Stalin died. He is replaced by Nikita Khrushchev, who condemns Stalins crimes and allows peaceful coexistence (1956):the two blocs only clash ideologically. Although officially the two powers never directly clashed, it seems that more than a hundred American
In the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc Gradually, the leaders of the non-Communist parties were removed, either by discrediting or intimidation, or by political trials followed by imprisonment or even execution. The bloc was the scene of numerous political trials in all sympathetic countries aga
The Iranian-Soviet crisis The Iran-Soviet crisis was the very first showdown of what was to become the Cold War, and focused on Iran. In the summer of 1941, the USSR and Britain, seeking a route for arms and supplies to the Russian front, agreed to each occupy one half and depose the shah Reza Pahl
At the center of the Cold War are nuclear issues. It seems that these, thanks to their unequaled capacity for destruction, are largely responsible for the absence of large-scale conflict between the two blocs, since the superpowers have admitted that the use of nuclear weapons should be restricted a
After World War II, relations between the Americans and the Soviets deteriorated. The USSR wanted to guarantee its security by surrounding itself with allied countries along its borders. The Red Army does not withdraw from the countries it liberated from Nazism and, contrary to the commitments made
A desire for peace In August 1941, Churchill and Roosevelt had signed the Atlantic Charter, a joint declaration in which, inspired by Wilsonian principles, the two heads of state provided for the establishment of an extensive and permanent system of security general”. In February 1945, the Yalta Ac
Economic reconstruction A new international monetary and financial order is created around the US dollar, to avoid the economic instability that existed during the interwar period and to revive international trade. Established in 1944 by the Bretton Woods agreements, at the end of a conference whic
Currency Who dares wins The group of mixed airborne commandos (or GCMA), was created on April 17, 1951 during the Indochina War by General de Lattres staff, in agreement with the SDECE, on the basis of the proposals of Captain Déodat du Puy -Montbrun. The workforce is made up of native Indochinese
1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment The 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment, regiment of the French army, is classified as a special forces regiment. It is integrated into the Land Special Forces Brigade (BFST), itself under the command of the Special Operations Command (COS) and the Army
On November 4, 1943, with a view to organizing a French presence in the fight against the Japanese in Indochina, General de Gaulle decided to create a Light Intervention Corps - an entirely European commando unit intended to reinforce the troops of the interior of Indochina, following a plan of resi
The Ponchardier commando is a disbanded unit of the French army formed by Admiral Henri Nomy at the end of the Second World War on the model of the British SAS. The battalion, initially intended to intervene in Indochina within the CLI (5th RIC) against the Japanese, was engaged against the Viet Min
The 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (or 8th RPIMa) is a unit of the French army. It was created on February 28, 1951 in Indochina, it was then called the 8th BPC (Colonial Parachute Battalion), its soldiers wear the red beret. The regiment belongs to the 11th Parachute Brigade. The regiment
The 6th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (6e RPIMa) is a French parachute regiment created in Quimper on May 16, 1948 under the name of 6e BCCP and whose affiliation dates back to the Special Air Service (SAS) of the Second World War . This unit particularly distinguished itself during the wars i
The 5th Battalion of Vietnamese Paratroopers (or 5th BPVN or 5th Bawouan) is a parachute unit of the French Army formed on September 1, 1953 in Hanoi in Indochina. Creation and different denominations It was formed from the transfer of the command post and the 3rd and 23rd Indochinese parachute com
The 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment was a Foreign Legion regiment created in 1948 and dissolved in 1961 following the generals putsch. Creation and different denominations July 1, 1948:creation of the 1er BEP. December 31, 1950:dissolution. March 18, 1951:new creation of the BEP. September 1, 1955:t
The 11th Shock is an elite parachute unit of the French Army that has had several names throughout its history. It was formerly the armed wing of the Action service of the External Documentation and Counterintelligence Service (SDECE). Creation and different denominations September 1, 1946:creation
1944 August 25-27 :the 12th and 30th British corps cross the SeineAugust 29 :the 30th corps begins its march on Belgium, but the opposition of the Germans limits its advance to 30 kilometers.August 30 :the 30th corps is ordered to seize the bridges near Amiens.August 31 :at 11 oclock, all the bridg
The first British cruisers studied after the First World War were the Counties very different from the precedents which were the first Washington cruisers. Because of their high freeboard and the antique look of their three funnels, but also because the British did not cheat displacement as blatantl
Slavery has accompanied Man practically since the beginning of History, probably when he became aware of how practical and profitable the use of prisoners of war as labor could be. The existence of this institution was always assumed to be something natural and, in fact, it formed the basis of the e
The independence of Brazil was declared on September 7, 1822, and with it, Brazil determined the end of the colonial tie that existed with Portugal, declaring itself as an independent nation. The independence of Brazil was the result of a series of transformations that the country faced from the Joh