Cold war

Origins of the Cold war

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    Period of 1944-1950

    The origins of the Cold War

  • Tehran Conference

    Tehran Conference

  • Percentages agreement

    At the fourth Moscow Conference

  • USSR ask for loan of $6b. loan from US

    USSR ask for loan of $6b. loan from US
    but US imposed conditions, in particular opening of Eastern European markets to US manufactured goods

  • Sovietisation begins

    Sovietisation begins
    Sovietisation in the following countries:
    Romania (1945)
    Bulgaria (1945)
    Czechoslovakia (1948)

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

  • Marshall Tito's forces enter the port city of Trieste

    Marshall Tito's forces enter the port city of Trieste
    This is an example of the US misunderstanding the USSR.

  • Postdam Comference

    Postdam Comference

  • Soviet troops moved across Russian borders into N. Korea

    Soviet troops moved across Russian borders into N. Korea

  • US sends 50,000 US Marines

    US sends 50,000 US Marines

  • Lend-Lease terminated

  • Soviets fails to join IMF and World Bank

    Soviets fails to join IMF and World Bank
    This is in response to American dollar diplomacy

  • Kenan's Long Telegram

    Kenan's Long Telegram
    Another misunderstanding btwn USSR and USA

  • Iron Curtain Speech by Winston Churchill

    Iron Curtain Speech by Winston Churchill

  • Clifford-Elsey Report

    Clifford-Elsey Report

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade

  • Formation of NATO

    Formation of NATO