https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3 How do other nations view the U.S. position during WWII? How do they view themselves? en-us 2019-03-13 18:12:59 UTC 2026-01-28 09:15:28 UTC hello@padlet.com 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342668795 2019-03-19 01:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342668795 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342668873 2019-03-19 01:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342668873 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342768224 2019-03-19 10:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342768224 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342768351 Truman focused mainly internally post-war, helping the United States economy continue to prosper]]> 2019-03-19 10:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342768351 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342769234 Truman's post war economic style was highly capitalistic]]> 2019-03-19 10:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342769234 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342769804 “Look at the vast area of Russia, with its powerful armies and proven military might”]]> 2019-03-19 10:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342769804 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342771390 "The United States stands at this time at the pinnacle of world power"]]> 2019-03-19 10:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342771390 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342772816 Lend-Lease firmed up the alliance with the Soviets and Britain because it made both nations more dependent on the U.S., giving the U.S. the highest position in world power]]> 2019-03-19 10:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342772816 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342773498 "It is a solemn moment for the American democracy. With primacy in power it is also joined an awe-inspiring accountability to the future"]]> 2019-03-19 10:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342773498 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342774278 Among the meetings which created the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund, there were meetings between Stalin, FDR, and Churchill which planned for after the war, like Yalta and Potsdam. These conferences gave light to a confusing future]]> 2019-03-19 10:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342774278 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342774765 "...'the positions of strength' policy. It reflects the aspiration of the most aggressive sections of present-day imperialism to win world supremacy, to suppress the working class and the democratic and national-liberation movements; it reflects their plans for military adventures against the socialist camp."]]> 2019-03-19 10:55:49 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342774765 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342777351 "They also have recourse to new forms of colonial enslavement under the guise of so-called "aid" to underdeveloped countries, which brings colossal profits to the colonialists...The United States renders such "aid" above all in the form of deliveries of American weapons to the underdeveloped countries. This enables the American monopolies to load up their industry with arms orders...States receiving such "aid" in the form of weapons, inevitably fall into dependence; they increase their armies, which leads to higher taxes and a decline in living standards..."]]> 2019-03-19 11:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342777351 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342779176 2019-03-19 11:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342779176 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342780324 “The heads of the three great powers..."]]> 2019-03-19 11:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342780324 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342780950 Yalta 1945: These allies discussed the unconditional surrender of Germany, how to partition the area after the war, and the secret, or down low agreement for the Soviets to enter war against Japan when the Germans were defeated]]> 2019-03-19 11:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342780950 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342782373 "Millions of men and women ardently acclaim our country for its uncompromising struggle against colonialism, for its policy of equality and friendship among all nations and for its consistent peaceful foreign policy]]> 2019-03-19 11:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342782373 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342784103 2019-03-19 11:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342784103 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342784807 "To this day the enemies of peace allege that the Soviet Union is out to overthrown capitalism in other countries by 'exporting' revolution. It goes without saying that among us Communists there are no supporters of capitalism. But this does not mean that we have interfered or plan to interfere in the international affairs of countries where capitalism still exists..."]]> 2019-03-19 11:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342784807 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342785766 2019-03-19 11:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342785766 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342786414 “The debate over Stalin’s legacy ultimately became one of the key factors in the democratic reform process that ended with the collapse of the Soviet Empire.”]]> 2019-03-19 11:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342786414 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342786703 Krushchev showered Stalin with criticisms after his death, claiming that communism was better than stalinism, and that Russia is better with a party system, not a one man dictatorship ]]> 2019-03-19 11:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342786703 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342787994 Gorbachev created glasnost, the policy of free speech, so the Soviets could voice their opinion of Stalin, and the main legacy that emerged was that he caused an immeasurable human cost]]> 2019-03-19 11:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342787994 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342788581 There was a smaller portion of the Soviet Union which revered Stalin, like Brezhnev, who placed the glory back on the "Man of Steel." There were also grassroot organizations in his honor, like Pamyat]]> 2019-03-19 11:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342788581 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342789467 After the war, Stalin had the momentum from the victory to carry on as he pleased, and although the population was growing against him, they wanted peace over anything, so they suffered in poverty and under Stalin]]> 2019-03-19 11:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342789467 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342790492 Stalin was opportunistic, but his foreign stance was primarily defensive during World War II. ]]> 2019-03-19 11:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342790492 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342791104 Stalin did not go after countries to interfere, but when they would "inevitably" fall to socialism, he will swoop in with help to build]]> 2019-03-19 11:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342791104 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342791513 Stalin didn’t actively fight the other allies even though he disagreed with them, he waited for them to become "intolerant"]]> 2019-03-19 11:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342791513 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342792151 "From what I have seen of our Russian friends and allies during the war, I am convinced that there is nothing they admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than for military weakness..."]]> 2019-03-19 11:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342792151 21sanfta https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342793274 Stalin’s military strategies were controversial, but he was still considered a brilliant military leader, crushing those who opposed the USSR with his vast and strong military]]> 2019-03-19 11:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/21sanfta/xgga0olm4pi3/wish/342793274