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The Yalta Conference
A meeting in Yalta, Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt all attended this meeting to put a stop to Nazi Germany. In the end, they decided to make Germany surrender. (Editors, History.com. “Yalta Conference.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 29 Oct. 2009, www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference.) -
The Potsdam Conference
The conference took place in Potsdam, Germany. It was attended by Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin, and Clement Attlee. Its purpose was to end WWII. In the end, the conference decided that Germany would be divided into four pieces and demilitarized. (Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Potsdam Conference.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 27 Feb. 2019, www.britannica.com/event/Potsdam-Conference.) -
Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
Took place in Fulton, Missouri. Churchill spoke about the border between the Soviet Union and the rest of the world. As a result of this, the expansion of the Soviet Union was stopped. (“Quote of the Moment: Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech.” Millard Fillmore's Bathtub, 8 Feb. 2016, timpanogos.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/quote-of-the-moment-churchills-iron-curtain-speech/.) -
Truman Doctrine
Announced by Harry S. Truman. Its purpose was to counter the growth of the Soviet Union. Eventually led to the formation of NATO. (“TWE Remembers: The Truman Doctrine.” Council on Foreign Relations, Council on Foreign Relations, www.cfr.org/blog/twe-remembers-truman-doctrine.)
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The Berlin Airlift
The United State's airlift of food, water, and medicine to West Berlin. This was because West Berlin had been seized by the Soviet Union. Stalin and Truman were a big part of this movement. The movement was successful. (“Berlin Airlift.” Schoolshistory.org.uk, schoolshistory.org.uk/topics/world-history/cold-war-1945-1972/berlin-airlift/.) -
The Warsaw Pact
Took place in Warsaw, Poland. The pact united all the communist nations, including the Soviet and Poland. This sparked fear for nations like the U.S. because how much military force these nations could pack. The pact was dissolved in 1991. (“Flag of the New Warsaw Pact.” DeviantArt, www.deviantart.com/redrich1917/art/Flag-of-the-New-Warsaw-Pact-422698319.)
