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Tehran Conference
Big three decided to defeat Germany by attacking from both the East and the West -
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Cold War
Suspicion and hostility between the communists and Western democratic nations with no fighting -
Potsdam Conference
Big three decided what to do with Germany and the Nazis after the war -
Nuremburg Trials
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Nuremberg Trials
Postwar trials of Nazi leaders charged with crimes against peace and humanity -
Yalta Conference
Big three decided to split up Germany into military zones -
First United Nations Meeting
Representitives from 51 nations met in San Fransisco to create a charter to establish the United Nations -
Truman Doctrine
Policy declary that the United States must consider the continued spread of communism as a threat to Democracy -
Creation of Cominform
Created by the Soviets to oppose Marshall Plan -
Berlin Airlift
System of dropping supplies by air int West Berlin by the United States and Great Britain -
Marshall Plan
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Marshall Plan
Massive economic assistance program to European countries by the Unisted States -
Creation of NATO
An alliance where if one country were attacked, then the other countries would fight the opposing force -
Division of Germany
West Germany- Federal Republic of Germany
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Soviets Detonate Atomic Bomb
This reminded the world that the Cold War may quickly grow too hot -
End of the Chinese Civli War
Chinese Communist Party drove the nationalists out of Taiwan -
North Korea Invades South Korea
This reminded the world that the Cold War may quickly grow too hot -
Warsaw Pact
Mutual defense agreement between the Soviet Union and countries of the Eastern Bloc
