Events of 1941- 1949

By NessaMarie
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    Events of 1941-1949

  • First computer in the United States

  • The Holocaust begins

  • Bretton Woods System

    Bretton Woods created the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Protectionism destroyed the world's economy and led to the rise of the dictators. However, the world wanted to avoid a repeat of teh Great Depression, and created a system to intertwine the world's economies to such an extent that the war would never be an option.

  • World War II ends- Japan surrenders

  • The Long Telegram

    George Kennan estabilshes an American foreign policy fo rthe next fifty years. He aruged the Soviet Union believed itself at war with capialism and would seek to expand.

  • Partition of India

    India gained its independence and Pakistan came into existence. Pakistan became home to Indian Muslims while Hinduism remained the major religion in India. About one million people died as Hindus scrambled to India and Muslims fled to Pakistan.

  • Israel declares Independence

  • Berlin Airlift

    Following World War II, the Allies split Germany in two. The western powers occupied West Germany while the Soviets took the East. Likewise, Berlin was split in two. On June 24, 1948, Josef Stalin decided to cut Berlin off from the west and force city's unification. In response, American President Harry Truman began airlifting supplies to the besieged Berliners. Planes dropped supplies every day around the clock. Eventually, Stalin capitulated and he lifted the siege. West Berlin remained free.

  • NATO

    To counter Soviet expansionism, the west formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The group's mission was to deter a Soviet strike into Western Europe. Under the NATO Charter, if one nation is attacked, the entire alliance is attacked.

  • China

    After two decades of Civil War, the Communists declared victory and formed the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949. China's fall to the communists was a psychological blow to the west who feared a Sino-Soviet bloc. In the end, the Chinese and Soviets squabbled and almost came to blows. Richard Nixon opened China to the west in 1972 which began China's reintegration into the world community and its transformation away from failed communist policies.