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Yalta Conference
Was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Germany and Europe's postwar. -
Potsdam Conference
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. -
United Nations are Established
international organization formed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among its member countries. -
Containment Policy/ Iron Curtain
The national barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prier to the decline of communism that followed the political events -
The Marshall Plan
A program by which the United States gave large amounts of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after the devastation of World War II. -
The Berlin Airlift
A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany, which at that time surrounded West Berlin had cut off its supply routes. -
Truman Doctrine
The US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection. -
NATO is Formed
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a military alliance of European and North American democracies founded after World War II to strengthen international ties between member states
