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Yalta Conference
The February 1945 Yalta Conference was the second wartime meeting of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Potsdam Conference
Held near Berlin, the potsdam conference was the last of the WWll meetings brought on by the ¨Big Three¨ heads of state. Featuring U.S. President Harry S. Truman, British Prime minister Winston Churchill(and his successor, Clement Attlee) and Soviet premier Joseph Stalin. They joined in agreement, for punishment of war criminals on the German economy, land boundaries and reparations. -
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Truman Doctrine
With the Truman Doctrine, president Truman established that the U.S. would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. The Truman Doctrine effectively reoriented U.S. foregropology. -
Formation of West Germany
The federal republic of Germany (popularly known as West Germany) is formally established as a separate and independent nation. This action marked the effective end to any discussion of reuniting East and West Germany. In the period of WW ll, Germany was divided into 4 occupation zones, with the British, French, U.S., and the Soviets each took control. Soviet zone then became the German Democratic Republic with the Soviet sector of Berlin as the capital. -
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The Korean War
The Korean War was between North and South Korea. North Korea was the first to invade and attack. About 2.5 million people died both in the line of duty and just from living or being there.
