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The Yalta Confrence
This meeting was between Roosevelt Stalin, and church hill, to discuss what would happen at the end of the war. They discussed German's reparations , the united nations, and future of Portland. -
V day
May 8, 1945, was the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. this was the end of World War II in Europe. -
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Potsdam conference
This was a conference held in Potsdam in the summer of 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill drew up plans for the administration of Germany and Poland after World War II ended. This lead to the Cold War because by giving the Soviet Union control over Eastern Europe it made the West feel that the USSR was bent on expanding communism. -
V J Day
On this day imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end. August 15 is the official V-J Day for the UK, while the official US commemoration is September 2. Japan acsepted the potsdam decloration. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy where the purpose was to stop Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from a Communist takeover. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe. The United States gave over $13 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
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The Berlin blockade
The Berlin Blockade was Russia’s response to the merger of the French, USA and UK partitions of Berlin was to cut all road and rail links to that sector. This meant that those living in Western Berlin had no access to food supplies and faced starvation. Food was brought to Western Berliners by US and UK airplanes, an exercise known as the Berlin Airlift. On May 12 1949 Russia ended the blockade of Berlin and it was the end of Berlin Blockade -
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The Korean War
on June 25th, 1950 Korean War began when began when North Korea invaded South Korea. On July 27th 1953 the Korean war ended. North Korea remained affiliated with Russia while South Korea was affiliated with the USA. -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution was a nationwide revolt against the Marxist-Leninist government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies. The revolution was caused by Hungarian people against the ruling Communist Party of the time and the Soviet policies which were crippling post-war Hungary. It ended November 10, 1956. -
End of the Soviet Union
End of the Soviet Union Russia formally recognized the end of the Soviet Union. Officially granting self-governing independence to the Republics of the Soviet Union. It was a result of the declaration number 142-Н of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
