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United Nations formation
On 1st January 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, supported by the representatives of 26 countries, published the Declaration by United Nations, a document that pledged their governments to continue fighting together against Nazi Germany and Japan during the Second World War. -
Yalta Conference
The conference at Yalta held in the Crimea on February 4-11, 1945 brought together the Big Three Allied leaders. -
Potsdam Conference
The Big Three?Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and U.S. President Harry Truman?met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine offers aid and food to Greece and Turkey so they can resist communism. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan opens that aid to other European countries. -
NATO formation
National Atlantic Treaty Organization is a military alliance joining nations of Western Europe and North America. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift brings food and supplies to people trapped in Berlin after Stalin blockades to city- hoping to starve them into submission. -
North Korean Invasion of South Korea
In June 1949 the United States Army began to withdraw from South Korea. -
Warsaw Pact formation
The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet Union’s response to West Germany joining NATO and came into being in May 1955.
