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Yalta Conference
US, Britain reject the revision of the Polish Border
Inclusion of London Poles inside the Lublin Committee
Democratic Elections -
Potsdam Conference
Discussion on the German Question -
Kennan's Long Telegramme
It was the decisive factor in the Truman administration's change of course to a policy of firmness towards USSR -
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
Stalin accused Churchill of being a warmongerer and wanting to start WW3 -
US demands USSR to leave Iran
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Truman Doctrine is announced
Promised that US would help fight totalitarianism -
Marshall Plan announced
Cemented the economic schism. The Russians ensured that no Easter European countries participated into it. They came up with the Molotov Plan -
Brussels Pact is organized to protect Europe from the USSR
Formed by Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg. Attack on one equals to attack on all. -
Berlin Blockade
Stalin interpreted the creation of a single currency as the signal for the establishment of a new German State in the West. -
NATO founded
Began the military split while the formation of the Warsaw Pact in response to the inclusion of West Germany into NATO in 1955 formalised the schism.
