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Tehran Conference
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Percentage Agreement
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Sovietisation begins
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USSR asked for $6 billion loan from US
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Yalta Conference
The 'Big Three' Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin decide on the problem of Poland.
Final agreement: The Lublin Committee should be reorganized on a broader democratic basis with the inclusion of democratic leaders from Poland itself and from the London Poles. The new government should hold free and unfettered elections as soon as possible. -
Postdam Conference
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Lend-Lease terminated
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Soviet fails to join IMF and World Bank
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Kenan's Long Telegram
George Kennan's (long telegram) 22nd February 1946 he analyse the roots and nature of of the whole Soviet foreign policy. Russians were setting out establish their own sphere of influence in eastern Europe and parts of Asia and argued that U.S should respond by drawing a line beyond which they would not allow Soviet power to operate unchallenged. -
Iron Curtain Speech by Winson Churchill
(Iron Curtain speech by Churchill on 5th March 1946) Both event did much to change the way in which U.S officials and publics thought about relations with USSR and about foreign policy in general. -
Clifford- Elsey Report
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Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine marked a crucial departure in American policy. Aid to Greece and Turkey brought a clear but limited American commitment in the Mediterranean. However it did not bring about any immediate change in American and Soviet relations. It elicited no particular response from Stalin, who had never been particularly interested in Greece. -
Berlin Blockade
OnJune 24 1948 the Soviet occupation zone forces halted all railroad and water traffic between the three western zones and Berlin.
The introduction of the Deutschmark was the immediate cause of the blockade because if the new currency were allowed to circulate freely throughout Berlin it would undermine the value of East German currency and the whole stability of Soviet zone -
Formation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty(NATO) was signed on 4 April 1949. The key article, which stated that an armed attack against one or more of these stats would be considered an attack to all. The other member states would then take forthwith such action as each deemed necessary, including the use of armed force. -
Lift of Berlin Blockade
Stalin lifted the blockade on 12 May 1949 without any conditions and without achieving any of his likely objectives. The western powers remained in Berlin, which was now firmly divided into two parts.
The significance of the Berlin Crisis 1948-1949 cannot be overstated. It was a true crisis, in both senses of that sometimes overused words; it was a time of acute danger, and it was a turning point in international affairs. The U.S displayed immense material strength, technical proficiency and po
