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Yalta Conference
The second wartime meeting of Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt -
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Potsdam Conference
The last of the meetings during WWII held by the “Big-Three” (American President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin) -
United Nations are Established
A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established after World War II to prevent another such conflict. -
Containment Policy/Iron Curtain
The "Iron Curtain" was a term used to describe the metaphorical barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II separating communist Eastern Europe from the non-communist West. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American policy whose purpose was to counter Soviet expansion during the Cold War. -
The Marshall Plan
A plan that helped Europe rebuild its economy with assistance from the US of about $13 billion -
The Berlin Airlift
Surviving a harsh German winter, the airlift carried over two million tons of supplies in 270,000 flights. -
Formation of NATO
In 1949, further Communist expansion told the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).