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Yalta conference
It was the ww2 heads of govt meeting in the soviet union. This meeting foreshadowed the cold war. This meeting agreed to germany's surrender taking away a lot of there freedoms -
Potsdam conference
The Potsdam conference cecilienhof germany, it dealt with problems arising from germany's defeat. The conference failed to figure out one of the most important issues which was a factor in the start of the cold war. Took away germany's right to choose as they broke it into 4 parts and demilitarized them. -
Hiroshima bombing
The U.S dropped 2 nukes on Hiroshima because it was a suitable place to test them, and they also had an important military base. The 2 bombs stopped WWII but started the cold war. -
Molotov Plan
The Molotov plan was a system created by the soviet union to provide aid and rebuild eastern europe. The molotov plan was a soviet unions refusal to collect aid from the Marshall plan. Took away there freedoms by being helped from other countries -
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End of cold war
The cold war was a tension between soviet union with its satellites, the U.S with its allies after WWII. The cold war began to decline after the revolution in 1989 -
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Truman Doctrine
Was an American foreign policy whose purpose was to counter soviet expansion during the cold war. They provided aid to Greece and Turkey and tried preventing the spread of communism. The Truman Doctrine allowed people to pick a side. -
Marshall plan
The marshall plan was a recovery aid to help rebuild western europe. The U.S gave 12 billion to help. This effected liberalism because europe didn't have a choice but recieve help. The Marshall plan was designed to prevent further advancement of soviet power in europe. -
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Berlin Blockaid
Attempt to limit the ability of france. This limited their power which limited there freedoms. The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crisis of the cold war -
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brussels treaty
A treaty of the Western union. Basically Nato but before Nato. -
NATO
The north atlantic treaty organization was a military alliance between 29 north american and european countries. This was used as a counterweight to soviet armies after the world war 2. This forced people to go to war when they didn't want too. -
Soviet creation of nuclear weapons
The Atomic bomb project was a research program ran by Joseph Stalin in WWII. The Atomic bombs helped end WWII but started a conflict between the soviet union and russia for over a decade -
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Korean War
War between north and south korea. This set the tone for cold war tensions between powers. This broke up families and forcing them to live on opposite sides of demilitarized zones -
Stalins Death
Stalin, the second leader of the soviet union died at 74 after a stroke. The cold war changed drastically ending the korean war and the western world remained mistrustful of soviet motives -
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Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a mutual defence organization composed of the soviet union, albania, Bulgaria, East Germany etc. Became a militaristic threat as a sign of communist dominance. This forced people to fight. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was a resistance war against america. The soviets were giving the vietnam people supplies which angered other states because they were helping the enemy. The war also took away their freedoms because they were forced to go to war -
Hungary Revolution
A nation wide revolution against the hungarian people republic and its soviet- imposed policy. Thousands of people marched the street protesting for more freedom during the cold war -
North American Aerospace Defense Command
Norad was a space defence. Norad provided aerospace defence including detection from attacks against north america. -
Fidel Castro taking over
Fidel took over military and political power as cuba's prime minister after overthrowing Batista in 1959. Fidel teamed up with the soviets letting them place bombs around cuba starting the cuban missile crisis. Which played a part in the cold war. he took away their rights by forcing them to war against Batista forces. -
Bay of Pigs
The bay of pigs was a failed attempt by cuban exiles to reverse Fidel's revolution. This invasion is considered a part of the cold war. Forced to fight for there freedoms -
Creation of the Berlin wall
The Berlin wall was made by the german democratic republic to cut off west Berlin from surrounding east germany. Separated democratic and communist countries during the cold war. This effected their freedom because the wall limited how far they could go -
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End of cuban missile crisis
The Cuban missile crisis ended because soviet leader to remove russian missiles in exchange the respects cubas territory. The missile was one of the most confrontations of the war. Stopped war between the two powers. -
Nuclear Arms Treaty
NPT is an organization that prevents the spread of nuclear weapons internationally. This helped prevent nuclear weapons during the cold war. This made people feel save. -
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Afghanistan/Soviet war
mujahideen and maoist groups fought a guerilla war against the soviets and the demo republic. The afghans tried to prevent the spread of communism. Forced to fight for a cause that wasn't even their decision -
Solidarity in poland
Became the first independent labour union in a soviet bloc- country. Poland played an important and strategic role in the cold war sitting between western and eastern europe. -
Czechoslovakia Revolution
Was a non violent transition of power in Czechoslovakia. First time people stood up against being communist. They fought for their rights and freedoms -
Berlin wall falling
The hungarian govt started taking down the wall along with austria. and right after nearly 13000 people crossed from hungary to austria. was used to prevent people from fleeing east berlin during the cold war
