The U.S.A. – history

In 1933 F. D. Roosevelt was elected as the new president. During the First Hundred Days he passes many laws, which had to rebuild the USA economy and provide the necessary social support to all citizens.
When the S. W. W. broke out, Roosevelt tried to keep USA out of it once again. But after he had to cut off trades with Japan and allowed Britain to borrow weapons from the USA, Japan launched an air raid on Pearl Harbor. It was extremely successful and destroyed most of USA Pacific fleet. It took a long time before the USA were able to stop the Japanese advance at The Battle of Midway and counter-attack. While they were advancing towards Japan they joined Britain in the operation Overlord. After Germany was defeated, the US president Truman decided to use the newly developed nuclear bomb against the resisting Japan. Cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki were perished before Japan finally surrendered.
After the S. W. W., the Marshall Plan was introduced for the reconstruction of Europe. It was rejected by the states where the Soviet Union gained major influence. NATO was founded and when the Soviet Union decided to join this organisation, it was rejected. The Cold War between NATO and the Warsaw Pact began.
The United States soldiers represented a major part of the UNO forces in the Korean War (1950-1953) on the side of South Korea against North Korean and Chinese troops.
President Eisenhower concentrated on the Middle East. John Fitzgerald Kennedy refused to withdraw from West Berlin in 1961. The Cuban missile crisis in 1962 was a reaction to the installation of Soviet nuclear weapons on the island. Kennedy thought this too dangerous and responded with a naval quarantine. The threat of a nuclear holocaust was averted when Krushchev agreed to ship the missiles back to the Soviet Union in exchange for an American promise never to attack Cuba and respect the revolutionary government led by Castro. Kennedy was assassinated 1963 in Dallas.
In the Vietnam War (1961-1973) American troops fought in the South Vietnam against the Vietcong partisans (supported by Northern Vietnam). The USA were unable to win this war, although they caused heavy casualties to Vietcong. There were massive protests against the war in the USA and finally American Troops had to be withdrawn. In 1975 South Vietnam lost and new united Vietnam was created.
In 1974 the famous Watergate scandal occurred and President Richard Nixon had to resign from his office. New American presidents G. R. Ford and J. Carter had to face both economical and political difficulties. Carter managed to negotiate peace between Egypt an Israel. And created the SALT-II. treaty to slow down the arming race.
The Iranian hostage crisis occurred in 1979, in 1980 the Soviet Union marched into Afghanistan. President Ronald Reagan worked out the SDI, also known as “Star Wars.“ In 1983 the Lebanon crisis and in 1986 the Nicaragua scandal occurred. Reagan also negotiated with Gorbachev to reduce strategic weapons. Reagan also convinced him to start withdrawing troops[1] from Afghanistan in 1988. The following president, George Bush, had to handle the Iraq invasion to Kuwait in 1991. Saddam Hussain’s forces were defeated during the operation Desert Storm. In the election in 1992 the democratic President Bill Clinton was elected. He had to face the civil war in Yugoslavia, Kosovo, and even more famous “sexgate“ with Monica Lewinska. Today’s president of the USA is George Bush JR.
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