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Yalta Conference
Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin to decide what would happen at the end of the war. Topics discussed included –
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V E Day
Victory in Europe as Germany surrenders to the Russian army. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman promised to help any country facing a Communist takeover -
Marshall Plan
This was a program of economic aid offered by the United States to any European country. The plan was rejected by Stalin and any Eastern Bloc country considering accepting aid was reprimanded severely. Consequently the aid was only given to Western European Countries. -
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Berlin Blackade
One of the first major international crisis' of the Col War. The USSR blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. -
Germany
In 1949 Germany split into two different countries.Known as West and East Germany: West Germany was democratic, capitalists who allied with the USA while East Germany was under a communist dictatorship, allied with the USSR. -
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Korean War
The Communist North invaded South Korea. The UN and USA forces protect the south by fighting against communist takeover. after 3 years of this, they reached a stalemate and the borders remained the same--- The 38th Parallel. -
Warsaw Pact
In 1955, The USSR created the Warsaw Pact which was a response to the split in Germany. This outnumbered NATO and was one of the reasons as to why The USA and USSR began to create nuclear weapons. -
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Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall was built in 1961. The Soviets built a wall around East Berlin to keep people from leaving to go to the West. In 1989 Reagan made a speech and told the East German Government to tear down the wall. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba
