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Yalta Conference
Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, WInston Churchill meet to discuss the post-war world.Agree on the division of Germany and its capital city of Berlin into 4 zones of influence (French, British, American, Soviet).Germany will pay reparations, de-militarize and de-nazifyPoland and other Eastern European nations will be allowed to have free and democratic elections.Stalin agrees to enter the war against the Japanese and agrees to join the UN as a member of the Security Council (veto power).R -
Potsdam Conference
Stalin,Churchill,Clement Atlee,Harry Truman meet in the final conference of the war.Relations between the Western powers and the Soviets had worsened since Yalta, the US has a new President (Harry Truman) with a tougher stance towards the USSR than Roosevelt.The US has now tested the Atomic Bomb putting them in a stronger position to negotiate. US no longer needs USSR in Japan.US/Britain openly argue with USSR about the details of how to divide Germany, the amount of reparations Germany had t -
China
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Trusman Doctorine
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The Marshall Plan
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Berlin Blockade
-In one of the 1st acts of Cold War aggression, the Soviets blocked off access to West Berlin, the Allied controlled zone.-Aim: force the western powers to allow the Soviets zone to start supplying Berlin with food and fuel, thereby giving the Soviets practical control over the entire city.-The allies airlifted supplies into the city for nearly a year until the Soviets finally gave up the blockade of the city. -
North Amercian Treary
-The U.S. and its allies create a mutual defense pact in 1949 called the North American Treaty Organization.-An attack on any member nation will be met with a response of physical fence. -
China fall into communism
China falls to Communism in 1949 and signs a treaty of friendship with the USSR.Westerners feared a Communist campaign to take over the world. -
Korean War
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Arms Race
-1949, Soviets successfully test an atomic bomb.-US vows to develop a more powerful nuclear weapon called a hydrogen bomb.-1952, the hydrogen bomb is 1000 times more powerful than the atom bombs used in Japan.-1953, USSR test its first hydrogen bomb and both nations start stockpiling nuclear weapons.-Both nations commit a large amount of money to building up their nation’s military strength over the next several years. -
The Warsaw Pact
-The USSR creates its own defense pact in 1955 with its member nations in Eastern Europe. -
The Space Race
-USSR develops Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICMB’s) and launches the first ever satellite into space called ‘sputnik.’-1958, the U.S. launches their own satellite.-President John.F.Kennedy promises to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade.-1961, Soviet yuri Gargarin becomes the first man to orbit the Earth.-1962, John Glenn becomes the first American.-1969, US land on the moon-In the future, Soviets and US co-operate on space missions. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
-1962, U.S. U-2 spy plane photographs missile sites being set up in Communist Cuba, only 100 or so miles from Florida, USA.-Soviet Union is secretly supplying and building what the US believes to be nuclear missile silos in Cuba.-The threat of nuclear war reaches an all time high. -
Vietnam War
Communist North Vietnam supported by the Soviets with weapons and money.-South Vietnam supported by the U.S. not only with weapons and money but also hundreds of troops. -The U.S. feared the spread of Communism and got directly involved in an unpopular war.-‘Domino theory.’ not trueU.S felt that these countries would fell into communism if Vietnam fell. e.g) Cambodia, Lao (South East Asia) -
Detente
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New Cold War