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Conference that was used to agree on what to do after the war. Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin agreed on plans for governing soon to be conquered Germany.
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Stalin made clear that communism & capitalism were incompatible. That it was two different things and they cannot be in peace
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"Sinews of Peace" Iron Curtain Speech by Winston Churchill. The iron curtain was the physical boundary dividing Europe.
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Was an American initiative to aid Western Europe. Which the United States gave $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II.
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Truman's Loyalty Program created to catch Cold War spies. Truman’s loyalty program resulted in the discovery of only a few employees whose loyalty could be “reasonably” doubted.
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One of the first major international crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control.
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In response to the blockade the western got its airforce and helped out west berlin. Since it was going so well Soviets didn't have a chance but take off the blockade.
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USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb “First Lightning.” In order to measure the effects of the blast the Soviet scientists constructed buildings, bridges, and other civilian structures in the vicinity of the bomb.
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On Nov.9 the Eastern German government announced that the east and west can visit eachother.When that weas said people would climb over and see their families.
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On 3 December 1989 the Cold War 'officially' ended when Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met with US president George Bush aboard a Soviet ship docked at Malta's Marsaxlokk harbour.
