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beginning of world war II
World War II started by Germany in an attack against Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany only after Hitler refused to abort his invasion on Poland. -
Yalta
American president Franklin Roosevelt, Soviet leader Josef Stalin, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Who were also known as the "Big Three" met at the yalta confrence to make arrangments for the post-war world. -
End of Yalta
Only a week of intensive bargaining by the leaders of the three major Allied powers ends in Yalta. The final plans were made for the establishment of the United Nations, and a conference was then scheduled in San Francisco. -
Korea Divided
at the end of world war II, Korea which was occupied was divided at the 38th parallel. Two new states were then estsblished. -
Marshall Plan
Secretary of State George Marshall proposed the Marshall Plan, which was a foreign aid package to help Europe and Asia to recover from the devastation of World War II. -
The Berlin Airlift
This effort, known as the “Berlin Airlift' was a military operation that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air. The government of East Germany, at that time surrounded West Berlin had cut off its supply routes. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created by Unisted States and Canda, 10 Western European countries then joined. NATO was to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. -
Warsaw Pact
The soviet union formed this pact it was a collective defense treaty among 8 communist states of Central and Eastern Europe. Also intended to counter the threat posed by the West's NATO. -
Bay Pigs of Invasion
Begins when a CIA-financed and -trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba.It was an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government. -
End Of Cold War
The Soviet Union itself dissolved into its component republics. The republics of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine act to dissolve the Soviet Union, finally freeing countries.
