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Yalta conference
The Yalta conference helped lead to cold war because it gave the Soviet Union power over eastern Europe. The Soviet Union was given total power of eastern Europe under certain conditions such as free elections in the countries that they were suppose to control. As a result it made the world felt that the USSR was focused on spreading communism. It made them feel that the Soviet Union were going to impose communist system all over the countries they control. It made the West defensive and fear -
Iron Curtain Speech
One of the most famous speeches of the Cold War period
Announced the beginning of the Cold War
Winston Churchill condemns Soviet Union’s policies in Europe
Famous Quote: “From Stettin in the Baltic to Triest in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent.” -
Postdam Conference
The conference took place in Berlin, Germany to finalized the principles of the post war peace. During this time thing between the allied powers has worsen as Stalin had started spreading communism over the countries that were given to him during the Yalta conference. The allied power set up your zones of operation in Germany . The Nazi’s government laws were being destroyed and German education were being controlled to eliminate Nazi’s power and bring them to justice for their war crimes. Rus -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman established that the U.S. would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from internal or external forces.
It effectively reoriented U.S. foreign policy, away from its usual stance of withdrawal from regional issues not directly involving the U.S.
American policy in 1947 of providing economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey because they were threatened by communism. It was major step in beginning of the Cold War. -
Chinese Civil war
The war began when Chiang Kai-Shek decided to get rid of the C.P.C leader Kuomintang. They killed Kuomintang and arrested many of their C.P.C leaders. After WWWII America sided with Chiang Kai-shek with Soviet Union supporting the CPC. The CPC launched assault against Northern China were the Soviet Union has control. The Soviet Union helped them by letting them have weapons left by Japan. The U.S tried to make peace between the two sides but neither were willing to give in. CPC was gaini -
The Marshall Plan
Also know as the the European Recovery Program was an American plan to help Western Europe’s economy recover from the damage done by the war through $130 billion in aid money. The plan ultimately lead to east-west division of europe which ultimately lead to the cold war. -
OAS Formed
organization formed to promote economic, military, and cultural cooperation among the independent states of the Western Hemisphere. It was created to stop the U.S from wrongfully imposing their will on Latin Governments in their mission to stop the threat of communism. -
Berlin Airlift (1948-1949)
Lasted for more than a year (15 months) and carried more than 2.3 million tons of cargo into West Berlin.
At the end of WWII,the U.S., British, and Soviet Military forces divided and occupied Germany. Berlin was also divided into occupaion zones, and was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany.
One of the greatest logistic defeats for th U.S. and one of the crucial events of the early Cold War. -
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Berlin Airlift
Lasted for more than a year (15 months) and carried more than 2.3 million tons of cargo into West Berlin.
At the end of WWII,the U.S., British, and Soviet Military forces divided and occupied Germany. Berlin was also divided into occupaion zones, and was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany.
One of the greatest logistic defeats for th U.S. and one of the crucial events of the early Cold War. -
NATO Forms
Created in order to unify and strengthen the Western Allies' military response to a possible invasion of western Europe by the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies. -
The Warsaw Pact
Also known as The Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance, sometimes, informally WarPac was a treaty among Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War in response to NATO.
