Summary of Cold War Pawns – Episode 14 – Lumumba and Mobutu, Part Two We continue to discuss The Democratic Republic of the Congo – and the story of Lumumba and Mobutu. We provide a comparison of these two men. How did each of their individual...
Summary of Cold War Pawns – Episode 13 – Lumumba and Mobutu. We continue to discuss The Democratic Republic of the Congo. We talk about the chaos in The DRC. We talk more about Lumumba. We introduce and explain the Evolues. We discuss the problem of...
Summary of Cold War Pawns – Episode 12 – Enter Lumumba The DRC eventually gains its independence from Belgium, after a superlative resistance. Then…chaos ensures in the country. The Belgian army is left in the DRC, in order to ensure...
SUMMARY of Episode 11 – Cold War Pawns – Enter Congo This is our very first episode of the Cold War Pawns’ series that delves into an African country. And that African country is The Democratic Republic of the Congo. On this episode we begin...
SUMMARY of Episode 10 – Cold War Pawns – Summary of Foreign Intervention in Africa This episode discusses, in a high level, African colonisation and the fight for African independence. We tackle the Berlin Congress, which was used by North American...
SUMMARY of Episode 9 – Cold War Pawns – Iranian Oil, Cuba and the Mafia This episode covers Iran and its oil and the Cold War. Britain and the USSR invade Iran. Then Britain leaves Iran, but Stalin refuses to leave. The CIA executes a coup in Iran...
SUMMARY of Episode 8 – Cold War Pawns – Berlin Conflict and The Korean War We look the conferences that took place between Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill. Germany is split into Western portion and USSR portion. Berlin is split into East and West...
SUMMARY of Episode 7 – Cold War Pawns – The Fight for China. Today’s episode goes to Asia. We look at the History of China, in as far as the Cold War is concerned. China’s war against itself. The Chinese Civil War. War between China and Japan...
SUMMARY of Special Episode i – The USA and Russia’s Pre-Cold War Intervention in Africa This is our very first Special Episode. On this Episode we take a break from our Cold War Pawns series, to give you a little history of the USA and Russia’s...
SUMMARY of Episode 6 – Cold War Pawns – After Hitler We continue to look at the growing conflict between the USA and the USSR. We look the conferences that took place between Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill. Then, first Roosevelt dies and then...