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The percentages agreement was an alleged agreement between Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill about how to divide southeastern Europe into spheres of influence. Country, GB, USSR
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ended: February 11.
Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt.
Agreements:
Germany/Berlin was to be divided into four zones.
Nazi-war criminals were to be hunted down.
Liberated countries were to be given free elections.
To join the UN, to maintain peace after WW2. Disagreements:
How much Germany was to pay for reparations, they didn't want a repeat of the treaty of versailles.
How much control Stalin was going to have over Poland. -
Partitioning of Germany
Fate of Poland
The United Nations
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Victory in Europe as Germany surrenders to the Russian army.
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Churchill (replaced by Attlee due to the UK general elections during the conference), Truman (replaced Roosevelt after he died of a cerebral hemorrhage in april 1945), and Stalin.
Due to 2/3 of the big three being replaced, Stalin had two new people to contend with and it would be harder for them to come up with a conclusive decision. -
The Potsdam Conference formally divided Germany and Austria into four zones. It was also agreed that the German capital Berlin would be divided into four zones. The Russian Polish border was determined and Korea was to be divided into Soviet and American zones.
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Vietnam gained independence
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The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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By executive order of President Harry S. Truman, the US dropped the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945
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The United States dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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The Japanese surrender brought WW2 to a close. With the shock from the nuclear bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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The Japanese surrendered bringing World War Two to an end.
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Churchill delivers his ‘Sinews of Peace’ speech which contain the famous phrase “..an iron curtain has descended on Europe”
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Winston Churchill gave the his speech "the sinews of Peace", in which he talked about the separation of western and eastern countries, refering to those behind the curtain being a part of the "Soviet sphere". A full transcript of the speech can be found here:
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President Truman promised to help any country facing a Communist takeover
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The COMmunist INFORMation bureau was set up to co-ordinate communist parties throughout Europe.
Cominform was the Soviet response to the Truman doctrine. it was introduced to ensure that the states in Eastern Europe:
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This was a programme of economic aid offered by the United States to any European country. The plan was rejected outright 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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Rebuilding and creating a stronger economic foundation for the countries of Europe. The US policy of sending money and offering aid to european countries to recover from WW2.
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The French, USA and UK partitions of Germany were merged to form West Germany
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The Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia. On February 25, 1948 Czechoslovakia, until then the last democracy in Eastern Europe, became a Communist country, triggering more than 40 long years of totalitarian rule.
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Berlin blockade begins , was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post World War II.
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The USSR set up Cominform (Communist Information Bureau) which was the Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers’ Parties responsible for the creation of the Eastern bloc.
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