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Yalta Conference
Stalin signed the Declaration of Liberated Europe where he agreed to
1. Object the revision of Poland's Eastern borders
2. Include London Poles into the Lublin Committee
3.Conduct free elections in Poland -
Potsdam Conference
The Big Three continue discussions from the Yalta Conference and agreed that occupying powers be allowed to collect reparations and be treated as a single entity. -
Kennan's Long Telegramme
A historical analysis regareding the policy of Containment and how the US should practice this. -
Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill gave his famous Iron Curtain speech to students. This is not important as it was solely a verbal comment.It did not illicit any actions of reactions. -
Truman Doctrine
Truman agrees to provide assisstance to any country threatened by Communism. This is in line with America's stance for its Containment Policy. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was financial aid package that aimed to help any country in Europe recover from World War 2. Its primary aim is to contain Communisma and to create a captive European market for American goods. -
Molotov Plan
Molotov Plan is similar to the Marshall Plan except it provides aid to Eastern European countries that are economically and politically aligned t the Soviet Union. This divided Europe into two economic blos. -
Brussels Pact
NATO's predecessor, was signed by Britain, France, The Netherlands, Luxemborg and Belgium. The pact ensured that these 5 countries will help anyone of them if attacked in Europe -
Berlin Blockade
After the Britain,US and France introduced the Deutsche Mark in Germany, Stalin percieved it as an establishment of a new Germany in the West which was unacceptable. He blocked roads and rail routes to Berlin in retaliation. -
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Berlin Airlift
US and Britain planes flew more than 200,000 flights to Berlin in 320 days and delivered vital supplies of coal and food to 2.2 million people. This was a success of the Containment Policy and indicated the extent the US was willing to go to contain Communism. -
Formation of NATO
An anti-soviet military alliance. However this was not very important in starting the Cold War as it provoked no direct Soviet response and not taken seriously as a military alliance until 1950. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union created the Warsaw Pact, a Communist military alliance to counter NATO.
