A Kick of History

 Hi everyone! Welcome to A Kick Of History! In today's post I will tell you the story of the Apollo 11 Landing! Before we get onto it, I just want to tell you that if you like my content please subscribe or follow my blog! Thank you so much, now let's get on with it! All my info is from this site:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11#Mission During the late 1950s to very early 1960s, the United States was part of the Cold War. The Cold War was a geopolitical rivalry against the Soviet Union. On October the 4th, 1957, the Sputnik 1 was launched by the Soviet Union. The Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite put in space. This success fired the fears and imaginations of people around the world. It showed that the Soviet Union had the power to bring nuclear weapons over intercontinental distances. This meant that they could challenge the American claims of military, economic, and technological superiority. The action of the Sputnik reaching space, triggered something phe

 Hi everyone! Welcome to A Kick Of History! In today's post we will talk about a historic event that changed the world. This event was the Fall Of The Berlin Wall. All my info is from this site:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall  Now, without further-ado, let get on with it! The Berlin Wall was a concrete barrier that was heavily guarded. This barrier or wall, physically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. The construction of the wall was started by the German Democratic Republic on the day of August 13, 1961. This wall cut West Berlin off from the rest of East Germany, this included East Berlin. This huge barrier had guard towers placed along it and a wide area of land known as the "death strip." This area of land had anti-vehicle trenches, beds of nails, and much more. The Eastern Bloc shows the wall protecting the population from elements trying to prevent the building of a socialist state in East Germany.  On the 15 of June, 1961, the First Secretary of the Soc

 Hi everyone and welcome to A Kick Of History! Today we will be talking about D-Day and what happened in it. I really hope you enjoy this post, and lets get started! All of my info is from this site:  https: //www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day So first of all, what is D-Day? Well, D-Day is the day of the Normandy Landings. This was during World War II. This day was June 6, 1944. From then on, we celebrate this day of the year to remember the Normandy Landings in France. We also have this day to honor the people who fought to end World War II.  Now that we have that down, let's see how it all started.  After World War II started, Germany had already invaded and taken occupation of northwestern France starting in May 1940. The Americans had entered the war soon after in December 1941. By 1942 the Americans and the British were taking into consideration, the possibility of an Allied invasion that was across the English Channel. The year after that, the plans for a cross Channe

 Hi everyone! Welcome back to A Kick Of History! February 4, 2021 was the 73rd Sri Lankan Independence Day! So, to honor that, I thought for today's blog we would talk about how we got to independence day. Without further ado, let's get on with it! All my info is from this website:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Ceylon_period#:~:text=The%20British%20Ceylon%20period%20is,when%20the%20country%20regained%20independence. Ceylon, was the British Crown colony of what is now called Sri Lanka. The British ruled over Ceylon/Sri Lanka from March 2, 1918 to February 4, 1948. This was a very long ruling! Initially, the British hadn't acquired all of Sri Lanka as the Kingdom of Kandy was not acquired yet. But, from 1817 to 1848, the British managed to acquire all of Sri Lanka.  Before the beginning the Dutch governance, Sri Lanka was divided between the Kingdom of Kandy and and the Portuguese Empire. These two were in the middle of a war for complete control over the island. Thi