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Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference was the wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin, the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization -
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United Nations Formed
The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose aims to are facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. The UN was founded after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. It contains multiple organizations to carry out its missions. -
Germany is divided
Germany was divided into 4 occupation zones by the Allied Powers which were the United States, the USSR, Britain and France. The division was formalized at the Potsdam Conference. The purpose of this division was to implement the decisions made at the conference in Yalta. These decisions were to divide Germany into 4 occupational zones under a unified control commission. Each country would control a part of Germany until its sovereignty was restored. -
Containment
Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. The basis of the doctrine was said by U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry S Truman in a speechon March 12, 1947 stating that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviets. It is often consider it as the start of the Cold War. -
National Security Act
The National Security Act of 1947 was an Act of Congress signed by President Harry S. Truman and reorganized the U.S. Armed Forces, foreign policy, and Intelligence Community in the aftermath of World War II. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control -
NATO Formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO , is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. NATO headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium, and the organization promises to defead members against mutual enamies. -
Collapse of National China
After the nationalist party fell during the Chinese civil war, Communism took over the country of China. This was a blow to the U.S. as they supported the nationalist movement. -
Korean Conflict Begins
North Korea attacks South Korea with the aid of China and the U.S.S.R. The U.S. supported the South and sent soldiers in to defeat Commies. They were succesful but the U.S. people did not apporve of the war. -
H-Bomb Developed
This bomb had 100x the power of the atomic bomb. After the russians developed this weapon it set a blanket of fear over the United States as it began the scares of the Cold War.
