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Yalta Conference
Meeting of Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt near the end of WWII -
VE-Day
The day that the allies won in Europe and defeated the axis powers located in Europe. -
Potsdam Conference
Meeting of Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Harry Truman to discuss the end of WWII -
Atomic Bombs
Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, these destructive bombs destroy everything in their paths and persuaded the Japanese to surrender -
VJ-Day
The day of Japanese surrendered and the end of the war -
Iron Curtain Speech
This term is referred to in winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech and calls the soviet influence an “Iron Curtain” -
Truman Doctrine ANnounced
This stated that the US would militarily help all countries that wanted to escape an oppressive government or support a democratic government -
Molotov Plan
The soviet version of the Marshall plan to rebuild East europe (and to encourage communism) -
Marshall Plan
This plan was put in effect to give money to Western European nations to rebuild after WWII (and to encourage capitalism) -
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Berlin Blockade
The blockade was an attempt by Russia to stop western powers from getting to their portion of Berlin -
NATO Created
Nato is a intercontinental military organization based on the North Atlantic Treaty -
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Korean War
War between North and South Korea in assistance by China and Soviet Union for the North and the south was assisted by the US -
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Cuban Revolution
Armed Revolt led by Fidel Castro overthrowing the US supported Cuban President Fulgencio -
Warsaw Pact
In response to the NATO Soviet Union and Seven Soviet Satellite states made this defense pact -
Sputnik
The first satellite ever in orbit, launched by the Soviet Union putting disbelief in US citizens -
U2 Incident
A U2 military spy plane crashed while in Soviet Territory and ended any chance of peace that we could have had with the Soviets -
Bay of Pigs
Failed Military invasion of Cuba after US backed out of helping the main cuban invasion force -
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Berlin Wall
A wall that was made in response to the remerging of west Germany in order to still “Split” the capital and the country -
Cuban Missle Crisis
13 day confrontation between soviet union and US started when the Soviet Union started moving ballistic missiles to Cuba and ended with the turning around of the ship and a nuclear war averted -
Lunar Landing
The “end” of the space race which was the US landing of the Apollo 11 and its passengers on the moon
