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1945 BCE
Nuremburg Trials
Nazi war criminals to justice, the Nuremburg Trials were a series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremburg, Germany -
Russian Communist Revolution
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League of Nations
Preserve world peace between the US and the Soviet Union and their allies.
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Treaty Of Versailles
Most important treaty that helped close WWl for good. This ended Germany’s war on allied powers. It signed exactly 5 years after Archduke Ferdinand was assasinated. -
MAD
neither side would attack the other if both sides are guaranteed to be totally destroyed by the other side in the conflict. Both sides would destroy the other side completely and threatened to do so if they got attacked. -
The Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was the second war time meeting of Winston Churchhill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin Roosevelt. The three leaders agreed to demand Germany's unconditional surrender -
United nations
A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was created following WWII -
General Assembly
They created the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, it eliminated all weapons of mass destruction, including the atomic bomb. -
Iron Curtain Speech
Stalin did not intend to keep his word about the support of establishment of governments in Eastern Europe, so Winston Churchill warned of the spread of communism through this speech. -
Baruch Plan
The international control of atomic weapons to the United Nations. The failure of the plan to gain acceptance resulted in a dangerous nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Truman Doctrine
The principle that US should give support to countries threatened by Soviet Forces or communist insurrection. This was originally for Greece and Turkey whom needed help. This was seen as communist nations as an open declaration of the cold war.
