period of 1945-1990

  • Churchill, Iron Curtain

    Churchill, Iron Curtain

    it is not a physical border but a symbol of the political, military, and ideological barrier between the 2 powers
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    George Marshall, it was an economic plan to offer aid to all nations in Europe, 90% was economic aid 10%
    was loan
  • Division of India

    Division of India

    Britain divided India into India and Pakistan and left the region
  • The Truman Doctrine

    The Truman Doctrine

    The Truman Doctrine on the policy of containment and aid to those fighting communists
  • Death of Gandhi

    Death of Gandhi

    Gandhi was assassinated
  • Comecon

    Comecon

    economic organization of communist states, the USSR did not allow the satellites to choose their own economic policies
  • NATO

    NATO

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization, military support to one
    another in case of any foreign attack
  • Death of Stalin

    Death of Stalin

    Stalin was the second leader of the Soviet Union
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact

    mutual defense and assistance within the Eastern Block, led by the USSR
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall

    The reunification of East and West Germany and symbolized the end of the Cold War