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Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin to decide what would happen at the end of the war.
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Victory in Europe as Germany surrenders to the Russian army.
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Churchill delivers his ‘Sinews of Peace’ speech which cotain the famous phrase “..an iron curtain has descended on Europe”
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President Truman promised to help any country facing a Communist takeover
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The French, USA and UK partitions of Germany were merged to form West Germany
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russia ended the blockade of berlin
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The Korean war began when North Korea invaded South Korea.
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Joseph Stalin died at the age of 74. He was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev.
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Jimmy Carter became the 39th President of the United States
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The Warsaw Pact which allied Communist countries was ended