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Yalta Conference
Where: Yalta Ukraine
Who: The big three [USSR, Britain, USA]
What: Divided Germany into 4 post-war occupation zones, controlled by the U.S, Britain, French, and soviet military forces.
How it affected liberalism: it impacted that they all divided into 4 post-war occupation zones, the city of berlin would also be divided. -
Hiroshima Bombing
Who:The United States detonated 2 nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities.
Where: Hiroshima
What: an american B-29 bomber plane called Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the japanese city Hiroshima.
How it affected liberalism: people had excessive growth of scar tissue over a burn and have leukemia. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
Who: The United States detonated 2 nuclear weapons over Japanese cities.
Where: Nagasaki
What: an american B-29 bomber plane called Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city Nagasaki
How it affected liberalism: it was razed and burnt around 70 percent of all buildings. -
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Potsdam Conference
Who:The Soviet Union, The United kingdom, The united states
Where: Potsdam, Germany
What: They gathered to decide how to administer Germany.
How it affected liberalism: failed to settle most of the important issues at hand. -
Molotov Plan
Who: Soviet Union
Where: Eastern Europe
What: was a system to trade
How it affected liberalism: The U.S political and economic role in europe was enhanced and U.S trade with europe boosted -
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Truman Doctrine
Who: President Harry. S
Where: Greese and Turkey
What: The United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations.
How it affected liberalism: the truman doctrine was informally extended to become the basis of american cold war policy throughout europe and around the world. -
Brussels Treaty
Who: Britain, France, Belgium, The netherlands, and Luxembourg
Where: Brussels, Belgium
What:led to the formation of NATO and the western European Union.
How it affected liberalism: Brussels treaty had agreement signed by Britain, France, Belgium, the netherlands, and Luxembourg, creating a collective defence alliance. -
Marshall Plan
Who: President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan.
Where: Britain, France, Belgium, the netherlands, West germany, Norway.
What: providing aid to western europe following the devastation of world war 2
How it affected liberalism: encouraged the development of liberal-democratic systems of government in europe. -
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Berlin Blockade
Who: Soviet Union
Where: West Berlin
What: was an attempt in 1948 by the soviet union to limit any ability of the united states
How it affected liberalism: Germany and berlin would remain the source of tension in europe for the duration of the cold war. -
Soviet creation of nuclear weapons
Who:Joseph Stalin
Where: Semipalatinsk test site in kazakhstan
What: the soviet union secretly conducted its first successful weapon test
How it affected liberalism: This keeps the securing of disarmament and arms control highly complex. -
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NATO
Who: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Where: Brussels, Belgium
What: NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the united states entered into the outside of the western hemisphere
How it affected liberalism: is an international political and military organization with the aim of guaranteeing. -
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Korean War
Who: North Korea and South Korea
Where: Korea
What: When the North Korean communist army crossed the 38th parallel and invaded non-communist south korea
How it affected liberalism: families were broken up by the war and lived on opposite sides of the demilitarized zone. -
Stalins Death
Who: Joseph Stalin
Where: At the Kuntsevo Dacha
What: Suffering a stroke
How it affected liberalism: Stalin's first five year plan, adopted by the party in 1928, called for rapid industrialization of the economy, with an emphasis on heavy emphasis on heavy industry. -
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Warsaw Pact
Who: Soviet Union
Where: Warsaw, Poland
What: the soviet union was losing control over its former allies and that the cold war was falling apart
How it affected liberalism: The end of the warsaw pact also ended the post-war 2 soviet hegemony in central europe. -
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Vietnam War
Who: China
Where: Vietnam, South vietnam, North vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, South east asia
What: Spread of communism during the cold war
How it affected liberalism: Communist forces ended the war by seizing control of south vietnam in 1975. -
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NORAD
Who: United states and Canada bi-national organization
Where: Peterson Space force base EL paso County, near Colorado springs, colorado.
What: after the september 2001 terror attacks in the US, NORAD started operation noble eagle. it aims to protect north american airspace against further such events.
How it affected liberalism:NORAD assists in the detection and monitoring of aircraft suspected of illegal drug trafficking -
Fidel Castro taking over
Who: Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev
Where: Cuba
What: U-2 spy planes photographed missile sites in Cuba, the world approached the bring of a nuclear confrontation
How it affected liberalism:The cuban missile affected relations between the united states and the soviet union in that the nations took steps to prevent a similar crisis. -
Bay of pigs
Who: Fidel Castro
Where: South Coast of Cuba
What: destroyed half the exiles air support
How it affected liberalism: United states sent trained cuban exiles to cuba to try and overthrow Fidel castro's government. -
Creation of Berlin wall
Who: German Democratic Republic
Where: East Germany
What: East berlin were forbidden to pass into west berlin
How it affected liberalism: preventing further damage into the economy -
End of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
Where: Cuba
What: After the soviets agreed to remove their missile from Cuba but they refused to remove bombers capable of delivering nuclear weapons.
How it affected liberalism: Between the United States and the soviet union in that the nations took steps to prevent a similar crisis in the future. -
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Nuclear Arms treaties
Who: The united states, united kingdom, france, China, russia
Where: Moscow, Russia, London, UK, Washington DC, United states
What: The NPT is a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology.
How it affected liberalism: the nuclear weapons influence the politics of cold war -
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Afghanistan/Soviet War
Who: Mujahideen and the soviet supported afghanistan government
Where: Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
What: The soviet union invaded afghanistan
How it affected liberalism: In the brutal nine year conflict, an estimated one million civilians were killed, as well as 90,000 Mujahideen fighters and 18 000 afghan troops. -
Solidarity In Poland
Who: Lech Walesa
Where: Poland
What: Solidarity was a broad anti-bureaucratic social movement, using methods of civil resistance to advance the cause of the workers rights and social changes.
How it affected liberalism: Solidarity influence led to the intensification and spread of anti-communist ideals and movements throughout the countries of the Eastern Bloc. -
Czechoslovakia Revolution
Who: Alexander Dubcek
Where: Czechoslovakia
What: Soviet tanks rolled through the narrow streets of Prague.
How it affected liberalism: The invasion successfully stopped Alexander Dubcek Prague spring liberalisation reforms. -
Hungarian Revolution
Who: Soviets
Where: Hungary
What: Hungary is viciously crushed by the soviet tanks and troops
How it affected liberalism: the event did have important effects on the Eastern Bloc and Soviet internal affairs. -
Berlin Wall falling
Who: Eastern Europe
Where: Berlin, Germany
What: Citizens of the GDR were free to across the country's border
How it affected liberalism: The wall stopped people from leaving east berlin, preventing further damage to the economy. -
End of cold war
Who: came to an end when the last war of soviet occupation ended in afghanistan and the berlin wall came down in germany.
Where: Berlin Wall
What: the berlin wall came down , borders opened and free elections ousted communist regimes.
How it affected liberalism:In eastern europe the end of cold war has ushered in an era of economic growth and large increase in the number of libera; democracies.