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Nuremberg Trails
The Nuremberg Trails were held between 1945 and 1949 in Nuremberg, Germany. Allied Military courts tried more then 200 Nazi and military officals for thier war crimes. -
Potsdam Convention
The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, occupied Germany, from 17 July to 2 August 1945. (In some older documents it is also referred to as the Berlin Conference of the Three Heads of Government of the USSR, USA and UK. Participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States. The three powers were represented by Communist Party General Secretary Joseph Stalin, and Prime Ministers Winston Churchill. -
Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill uses the image of the Iron Curtain to show shard divison of Europe that was result of Government Actions. The division, he said, was a serious threat to peace. -
The Truman Doctrine
In early 1947 Soviet-backed Communists were threatiningt the governments of Greece and Turkey. The Truman Doctrine was a pledge to provide economic and military aid oppsed to communism. -
Marshall Plan
In mid-1947, the U.S. government launched a massive program of economic aid. The Marchall Plan, named after U.S secretary of state George Marshall, provided $13 billion for rebuilding Europe. -
Berlin Airlift
Was a massive effort to supply West Berlin by air. The Berlin Airlift was a success, and Soviets called off the blockade of Berlin in May 1949. -
War in Korea
Began with North Korea attacking South Korea. They attacked because North Korea was communist and South Korea was capitalist. -
NATO
Was designed to counter Soviet Power in Europe. Was named the North Atlantic Treaty Orginization. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact was done as retaliation method of the Soviets. The Soviets made the Warsaw Pact to create their own alliance of eastern Europe. -
Bay of Pig's
The US government, seeking to overthrow Castro, secretly trained an invasion force of approximately 1,500 Cubans who had fled Castro's regime. In April 1961 this force came ashore at Cuba's Bay of Pigs.
