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Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference of 1945 was the second wartime meeting of the soviets and the U.S.. The three leaders agreed to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender during this conference. Stalin also agreed to allow free elections in eastern Europe . -
The Marshall Plan
U.S. leaders introduced a diplomatic initiative that provided aid to friendly nations to help them rebuild their war-damaged infrastructures and economies. -
The Creation of NATO
NATO is short for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It was primarily a security pact, with Article 5 stating that a military attack against any of the signatories would be considered an attack against them all. -
West Germany Formed
West Germany was created in 1949 when the United States, Great Britain, and France consolidated those zones of Germany that they had occupied at the end of World War II.
