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Tehran Conference
Big Three meet to discuss opening a second front against Germany. -
Yalta Conference
Big Three discuss Europe's post-war reorganization. -
Potsdam Conference
Big Three discuss punishment for Nazi Germany. -
Nuremberg Trials
Trials to punish prominent political and military Nazi leaders. -
Division of Germany
Germany Split into four pieces; United States, Soviet Union, France and Great Britain. -
1st United Nations Meeting
United Nations was formed to keep peace and avoid war. It replaced the League of Nations. -
Truman Doctrine
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Truman Doctrine
U.S. puts military forces in Greece and Turkey to prevent them from being overtaken by the Soviets, -
Creation of Cominform
Communist conference in responce to the Marshall Plan. -
Marshall Plan
Large scale ecenomic aid program where the United States helped to rebuild the European financial system. -
Berlin Airlift
Soviets blockade West Germany. The Allies begin sending suplies to West Germany. The airlift lasts for 11 months. -
End of Chinese Civil War
Chinese nationalists and communists fight. -
Creation of NATO
Collective defence force consisting of 28 nations. -
Soviets Detonate Atomic Bomb
Russia was the second nation to create a functioning atomic bomb. This eventually led to the Cold War. -
North Korea invades South Korea
Southern Korea established capitolistic government while Northern Korea had communist. North invaded the South and America came to aid the south. -
Warsaw Pact
Soviet responce to NATO.
