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20th-century international relations: Media

Videos

What were the consequences of the Treaty of Versailles?
Learn about the 1919 Treaty of Versailles and its aftereffects.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail Auckland Museum; Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Track the League of Nations' continual failure to check via diplomacy the Axis powers' pre-World War II rise
The 1930s consisted of many individual but significant events that bound the Axis...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Examine the effects of U.S. Neutrality Acts on pre-World War II international relations
Simply by having to amend its own Neutrality Acts of 1935–37, the United States began...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Hitler's final days in Berlin, April 1945
As Soviet troops entered Berlin and the Battle of Berlin raged on, Adolf Hitler committed...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Romannerud/Dreamstime.com; German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild 183-18483-0001
Adolf Hitler's death and its impact on Nazi Germany
War in Europe ending with Germany's unconditional surrender, May 1945.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail Department of Defense/National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Deciding Germany's future: The Potsdam Conference
Learn about the Potsdam Conference, attended by Winston Churchill, Harry Truman,...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Postwar Germany: Surviving and rebuilding after 1945
In the aftermath of World War II, many Europeans lacked adequate food, shelter, and...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail Lieut. Michael M. Dean/Canada. Dept. of National Defence Library and Archives Canada/PA-140126
East and West German armies during the Cold War
Tensions between East and West Germany leading to rearmament.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc; Horst Tappe/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.; Jwnabd; © Sarayutoat/Dreamstime.com
Cuban missile crisis: The world on the brink of war
Overview of the Cuban missile crisis and its effect on Germany, 1962.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail National Archives and Records Administration; United States. Department of Defense. Department of Defense Cuban Missile Crisis Briefing Materials. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston
Know about Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War and the Battle of Long Tan
Learn about Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War.
Video: © Behind the News (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
European Union: Its purpose and significance
In the 1980s West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl worked to create a united Europe...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © European Communities, 1996; SPC 5 James Cavalier/U.S. Department of Defense; Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Hungary's historic removal of the iron border
East German visitors fleeing over the border of Hungary to Austria during the Pan-European...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Fritz Hiersche/Dreamstime.com
Reunification of Germany: How it happened
Learn about the first free parliamentary elections in East Germany in 1990, which...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © oxinoxi/stock.adobe.com; German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild 183-1990-0318-046
Introduction of the deutsche mark in East Germany
Learn why the deutsche mark's becoming the official currency of East Germany in 1990...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Convisum/Dreamstime.com; © oxinoxi/stock.adobe.com
The journey to Germany's reunification
Learn about the introduction of the deutsche mark as the official currency of East...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

Images

Alfred Thayer Mahan
American naval scholar Alfred Thayer Mahan, undated photo.
U.S. Naval Academy Museum
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev, 1991.
Boris Yurchenko/AP Images
Reagan, Ronald; Gorbachev, Mikhail
Ronald Reagan (left) and Mikhail Gorbachev shaking hands during a summit in Reykjavík,...
© Eraza Collection/Alamy
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan (right) and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signing...
Courtesy Ronald Reagan Library/National Archives and Records Administration
George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev
U.S. President George Bush shaking hands with Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union.
Dave Valdez/White House photo
Berlin Wall opening
People from East and West Berlin gathering at the Berlin Wall on November 10, 1989,...
AP Images
Helmut Kohl
Helmut Kohl, 1996.
NATO photos
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini (at open window) greeting supporters after returning to Tehrān...
AP Images
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, 1981.
Bachrach/UN Photo
Persian Gulf War: burning oil wells
Oil wells set afire by Iraqi troops fleeing Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War, April...
Sgt. Dick Moreno/U.S. Department of Defense
George Bush
U.S. Pres. George Bush, undated photograph.
Dave Valdez/White House photo
Persian Gulf War
U.S. Marines entering Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War, February 1991.
© Christopher Morris—Black Star/PNI