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Percentages Agreement - Moscow
Between Stalin and Churchill and written on a napkin
Split up Europe into spheres of influence
Satlin got most of eastern Europe
Roosevelt wasn't included
RELATIONS -
USSR request US Loan
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Yalta
Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin
Plan for the division of Germany
Stalin agreed to fight Japan -
Ceasefire in Greek Civil War
Royalist vs communists
US & UK supported the royalists
USSR supported the communists
Showed the difference in ideology between the powers
POLITICAL -
Roosevelt dies and Truman takes over
Truman had a stronger stance of communism than Roosevelt
He was also new and less experienced at the job giving Stalin the upper hand
RELATIONS -
German Surrender
Ends the War in Europe but there is still fighting in Japan
MILITARY -
UN Charter agreed on in San Francisco
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Potsdam
Stalin, Truman, Attlee
Decisions were postponed until after Japan's defeat
Attlee was focused on domestic affairs and Britain's colonies
Truman didn't know US foreign policy or the Manhatten project -
Stalin makes a speech announcing a 5-year plan to prepare to fight capitalism
Basically a decleration of war
RELATIONS POLITICAL -
Hiroshima
Made Stalin uneasy
Truman didn't tell Stalin about their plans to drop the bomb
MILITARY -
Nagasaki
MILITARY -
Japan Surrenders
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Kennan's Long Telegram
Advice on US actions towards USSR
Avoid direct military confrontation
positive propaganda towards capitalism
