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The Yalta Conference took place in a Russian resort town in the Crimea from Feb.4-11.
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The "Big Three" leaders met at Potsdam, Germany, near Berlin. Clement Atlee, President Harry S. Truman, Joseph Stalin
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The United Nations officially came into existence when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories. United Nations Day is celebrated on 24 October each year.
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The Marshall Plan was the American program to aid Europe, in which the United States gave money support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Communism.
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One of the first major international crises of the Cold War and the first resulting in casualties
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NATO is a security alliance of 28 countries from North America and Europe.
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President Harry S. Truman shocked the world when he announced that the Soviet Union had conducted a successful test of an atomic weapon the month before.
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He founded the People's Republic of China in 1949, he also been one of the founders of the Chinese Communist party in 1921.
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A war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
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President Harry S. Truman announces that he is ordering U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea to aid the democratic nation in repulsing an invasion by communist North Korea.
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Neither sides could claim victory.
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The first man-made satellite was launched by the U.S.S.R.
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The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was going to be invaded.