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Yalta Conference
Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt come together to speak of Germany's surrender and speak of how the world will change after wartimes. ://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference Picture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalta_Conference -
Potsdam Confrence
Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and U.S. President Harry Truman all meeting in Potsdam, Germany in the summer of 1945 to continue discussions from the Yalta Conference just months before. A large focus was what to do with Germany. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/potsdam-conf
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Hiroshima
U.S. Bombs Hiroshima, Japan Killing 90% of the cities population (around 80,000 people). A few days later another bomb dropped on Nagasaki and Japan surrendered. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki Picture: -
World War II Ends
Germany surrendered almost a week after leader Adolf Hitler commited suicide. The allies had won the war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II Picture:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II -
Truman Doctrine
A speech given by president Truman announcing that the US would now be giving assistance to countries fighting against communism. i.e. Greece and Turkey https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrine
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Berlin Airlift
Because Russians kept Berlin all to themselves by closing all railways and highways, there was no way to get goods into Berlin. So aircraft Carried over 2.3 tons of cargo into West Berlin for over a year.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-airlift
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Communist expansion worried 12 western states to form NATO. Created the outline of the standoff of the Cold War. Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the United States were all of the countries who were there to create this treaty.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/formation-of-nato-and-warsaw-pact
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Warsaw Pact
A treaty between Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. A treaty created incase any one of its aplicants become a victim in the war.
http://www.local-life.com/warsaw/articles/warsaw-pact
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
1,400 Cubans who left Cuba when the new leader took over. They tried to invade Bay of Pigs, Cuba but it did not go well because of small numbers.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/bay-of-pigs-invasion
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Building of Berlin Wall
The purpose of this barbed wire concrete fence between East and West Germany was to keep the fascists out of the East Germany. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall
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The Great Migration (East Germany)
East Germany starts to migrate to West Germany for better jobs and a better life. The East ended up loosing about 2,000 of their people because of this. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/10466089/East-to-west-German-migration-trickles-to-a-halt-23-years-after-reunification.html
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Cuban Missile Crisis
13 day standoff debating the Soviet missiles on Cuba. At this time Kenedy being the President of the United States used US military to create a blockade around Cuba. Because the threat against national security the US wanted to make sure that it was clear this wasn't okay.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis
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Solidarity Union Formed
Groups of Polish workers went on strike against things like the rise in food prices, necessity of workers benefits and pay. http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1060898.html
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Unity Day
German officials, along with US, Great Britain and Russia officials came together to reunify Germany.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/east-and-west-germany-reunite-after-45-years
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The Fall of the Soviet Union
Decided on Christmas Day the 11 Soviet republics left the Soviet Union to create their own nations thus causing the collapse of the already weak Soviet economy and ending the Cold War.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fall-of-soviet-union
Picture: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1989-1992/collapse-soviet-union
