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The Yalta conference was meeting between Winston Churchill (Britain), Stalin (Soviet), and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (US). The World War 2 was coming to an end.
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This is a timeline of the important events of the Cold War.
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Germany surrendered against the Allies. They left the USSR territory. After this, the Cold War was beginning
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Truman was the 33rd president of the US. In the Cold War, Truman created the Truman Doctrine in order to prevent the spread of communism and tried to contain it. Many other countries joined in his foreign policy.
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This was an American foreign policy to contain Communism among Soviet Union and other Nations.
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He was the 34th president, who took over after Truman. He hated communism as well and attempted to stop the spread of it. He succeeded a bit in his goal and obtained a truce with Korea. This slightly eased some tensions.
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The US, British, and the Soviets divided German Land with each other and occupied it.
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NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization formed by the US, Canada, and ten other countries. They're against the USSR and communism. This was an alliance.
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The communists of China won this war because they had USSR support. They were fighting against anti-communists.
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North Korea is communist, and South Korea is anti-communist. They were rivals and began to fight, and the US supported the South.
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Stalin was in charge of Russia during WW II, and helped them get out of the mess. He was the General Secretary of the Communist Party. He mainly supported North Korea, China, and other communist nations.
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Southeast Asia Treaty Organization formed. This was another form of an alliance. They supported Communism and some countries supported it.
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This was the alliance of Communist countries. They were the opposite of NATO. It was signed in 1955 in Poland. Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union, were the countries that united.
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The Hungarian Revolution was a national revolt in which they went against Soviet policies, mainly their idea of communism. The Soviets crushed this Hungarian Revolution.
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Sputnik I was the first official/artificial satellite on Earth. Russians won the first round of the race.
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After Sputnik, was launched, there was this new sense of communication. The United States became concerned from their satellite.This kind of led to the Arm's Race which caused a nuclear threat to many countries. This was justified for the cost of providing a more stable and capable system for each country.
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The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin. This division took place from 1961-1989. It divided West and East Germany. Many people disagreed about this and this led to arguments.
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The Soviets invade the Czech and attacked them because of the idea of liberalization in the communist country. Czechs wanted to protest against this invasion, but the Soviets were stronger than them.
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He visited China to normalize relations between each other. He went to Beijing. He wanted to smooth things out with China.
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US and China have conducted cooperation in military, economics, culture, etc. Their relationship was known through the world. They maintained it really well.
