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Hiroshima/Nagaski Bombing
Who : The Americans sent over two nuclear bombs to the Japanese.
What : Americans killed around 200 000 people with a nuclear weapon in Japan,
Where : Hiroshima, Japan. Nagaski, Japan.
Affect on liberalism :It got Japanese to surrender quickly -
Yalta Conference
What : A meeting for the World War 2 allies to discuss the division of Germany
Who : Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill
Where : Livadiya. Yalta
How it effects liberalism :it led to the beginning of the cold war. -
Potsdam Conference
What : Germany surrenders, the start of the Cold War.
Who : Truman, Stalin, Churchill
Where : Potsdam, Germany
Effect on liberalism : conference led to the cold war -
Molotov Plan
Who : Soviet Union and Eastern Countries
What : aid to rebuild eastern countries that were aligned with the soviets.
Where : USSR, russia
Effect on liberalism :established economic alliance with socialist countires -
Truman Doctrine
Who: Truman Doctrine
What: A doctrine to support the anit-communist forces in Turkey and Greece.
Where: in Greece and Turkey
Liberalism: ended the greek revolt. -
Brussels Treaty
What: A treaty that said that if a countrie were to be attacked by the soviets the other countries would assist them.
Who: Britan, France, Luxemberg, Netherlands.
Where: Brussels, Belgium
Liberalism: created a collective defensive alliance. -
Marshall Plan
Who: US Sectretary Geroge Marshall
What: a 13 billion dollar plan created to help Eurpoean countries after the war.
Where: The United States
Liberalism: encouraged liberal-democratic systems in Europe. -
Period: to
Berlin Bloackade
What: international crisis, the soviets blocked the western allies road and canals.
Who: Soviets, united states, great britain, france, berlin
Where: Berlin
Liberalism: major role in aligning the united states with the west -
NATO
What: an alliance for Europe and North Ameritca
Who: canada, hungary, belgium, UK, united states, etc
Where:belgium, brussels (headquarters)
Liberalism: stopped the spread of communism -
Period: to
Korean War
Who: North and South Koreans
What: Conflict between north and south Korean, 2.5 million dead
Where: Korea
Liberalism:affected international political relations. -
Death of Stalin
Who: Joseph Stalin
Where: Kuntsevo Dacha
What: Stalin died after suffering a stroke and not receiving medical attention in time.
Liberalism: ? -
Warsaw Pact
What: Defense treaty created by the soviet union and seven other soviet states
Liberalism: ended soviet dominance
Who: Soviets, Eastern Europe (Poland, Romania, Hungary)
Where: Warsaw, Poland -
Period: to
Vietnam War
Who: cambodia, north and south voetnam
Where : Vietnam, Cambodia
What: Conflict in Vietnam
Liberalism : the US stopped conscription, decreased americas trust with their political leaders -
Period: to
Hungarian Revolution
Who: Stalin's gov and Hungarians
Where: Hungary
What: It started as a student led demonstration against Soviets, a resistance began and a new gov was put in.
Liberalism: european communism became weaker, less common -
NORAD
What: provides aid for air sovereignty, aerospace warning
Who: united states and canada
Where: Colorado (headquarters)
Liberalism: helped north america in the air, detected things -
FIdel Castro takeover
Who: Fidel Castro
What: fidel castro wanted to overthrow Batista, started "the movement"
Liberalism: cuba became a one-party communist state.
Where: Cuba -
Period: to
Bay of Pigs
Who: CIA and Cuban exiles from Florida
What: the CIA trained Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro
Where: Cuba
Liberalism: changed and affected foreign policy -
Creation of Berlin Wall
Who: built by Soviets for Eastern Germans.
What: a wall built by soviets to prevent east Germans from escaping, if they did escape they were shot.
Where: Berlin, Germany
Liberalism: reduced former damage within the Berlin economy. -
End of Cuban Missle Crisis
Who: Cuba
Where: Cuba
What: Khrushchev ordered a withdrawal of all missiles in cuba -
Nucleaer Arms Treaty
Who: US and USSR
What: international treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear bombs and other items.
Where: Russia
Liberalism: affects international relations. -
Czechoslovakia Revolution
Who: Soviets and Czechs, Alex Dubcek
Where: Czechoslovakia
What: Soviets led Warsaw troops to Czechoslovakia to crush the reform
Liberalism: Dubcek started liberalization in Czechoslovakia when they came into power -
Period: to
Soviet-Afgan War
Who: Soviets, Afghanistans
What: Soviets invaded Afghanistan to help the Marxist-Afghan gov.
Where: Afghanistan.
Liberalism: left a well armed Afghan military, resulted in 9/11 -
Solidarity in Poland
What: a trade union called solidarity.
Where: Poland
Who: polish people, Lech Walesa
Liberalism: anti soviet movement happened. -
Berlin Wall Falling
Where: Berlin
Who: Germany
What: The wall falling symbolized the end of the Cold War.
Liberalism : End of cold war -
End of Cold War
Who: Reagan and Gorbachev
What: They became friends and the war ended. Berlin wall came down, borders opened, free elections started.
Where: Eastern Europe
Liberalism: changed global politics.