The Cold War

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    Image: Joseph Stalin, FDR, and Winston Churchill seated together during the Yalta Conference. The Yalta Conference took place from February 4-11, 1945, and was a meeting between the "Big Three". The leaders agreed to demand Germany's surrender and began to prepare plans for the post-war world. This event relates to the aspect of geography because it determined the outcome of WWII, partitioned Germany's territory, and showed the relationships between the allies and the axis powers.
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    Image: Countries involved in the Warsaw Pact The Warsaw Pact was formed with East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the USSR. This treaty was made so that if a country was attacked by an outsider, it would be defended by the countries involved in the treaty. This event relates to the aspect of Geography