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Yalta Conference 2
It was decided that Germany would be divided into occupied zones administered by U.S., British, French, and Soviet forces ("Yalta Conference.").The most important issue discussed at Yalta was how to deal with the defeated and the liberated countries of Eastern Europe.Great Britain and the United States supported a Polish government-in-exile in London that was created in 1939. -
Yalta Conference
the leaders of the Allied countries gathered at Yalta in Crimea to plan the final defeat and division of Nazi Germany. This meeting, known as the Yalta Conference, also dealt with issues relating to Eastern Europe, Poland, and the Far East and with the creation of the United Nations.The chief people involved were President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom, and Premier Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union. -
Yalta Conference 4
Because the Soviet Union was the military occupier of Eastern Europe at the end of World War II, there was little the Western democracies could do to enforce the promises made by Stalin at Yalta. -
Yalta Conference 3
The Soviet Union supported a Communist-dominated Polish committee of national liberation that was formed in Lublin, Poland, in 1944,. After publicly announcing the agreement, Stalin failed to keep his promise that free elections would be held in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. At the time of the Yalta Conference, both Roosevelt and Churchill had trusted Stalin and believed that he would keep his word. -
Potsdam Conference 2
Allied countries of occupied zones could take reparations from the zone. This also resulted in Poland receiving part of germany and cause it to be their last conference where everyone was able to work together. The greatest impact the conference had was that it divided the Soviet union and the US. -
Potsdam Conference
on July 17 Truman, Stalin, and Churchill discussed on how to build a peace settlement("Potsdam Conference."). The issue they had, was how to control Germany and battle against Japan. In the same year, the US addressed the Soviet Union about the atomic bombs. Because war was ending, the allies needed a plan so they decided to have the Potsdam Conference. This resulted in Germany dividing into four sections called occupied zones. -
Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
March 12, 1947, declaring immediate economic and military aid to the governments of Greece, threatened by Communist insurrection, and Turkey, under pressure from Soviet expansion in the Mediterranean area.Great Britain announced that it could no longer afford to aid those Mediterranean countries, which the West feared were in danger of falling under Soviet influence. The U.S. Congress responded to a message from Truman by promptly appropriating $400,000,000 for this purpose. -
Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
April 1948–December 1951, U.S.-sponsored program designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries in order to create stable conditions in which democratic institutions could survive. On the basis of a unified plan for western European economic reconstruction presented by a committee representing 16 countries, the U.S. Congress authorized the establishment of the European Recovery Program, which was signed into law by President Harry S. Truman April 3, 1948. -
Chinese Revolution 3
In August of 1949, the Truman administration published the “China White Paper,” which explained past U.S. policy toward China based upon the principle that only Chinese forces could determine the outcome of their civil war. The revolution left a broken and exiled Nationalist Government and army on Taiwan ("The Chinese Revolution").For more than twenty years after the Chinese revolution of 1949, there were few contacts, limited trade and no diplomatic ties between the two countries. -
Chinese Revolution
On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China. The revolution ended the costly full-scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist Party.The creation of the PRC also completed the long process of governmental upheaval in China begun by the Chinese Revolution of 1911. The “fall” of mainland China to communism in 1949 led the United States to suspend diplomatic ties with the PRC for decades. -
Chinese Revolution 2
by 1946 the two sides were fighting an all-out civil war. Years of mistrust between the two sides thwarted efforts to form a coalition government.Years of corruption and mismanagement had eroded popular support for the Nationalist Government. In October of 1949, after a string of military victories, Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the PRC; Chiang and his forces fled to Taiwan to regroup and plan for their efforts to retake the mainland. -
Korean War
Japan had just lost a war, so the Soviet Union took over the north and the US took over the south. In 1948 North Korea and South Korea had a major battle over communism and as a result korea was split into 2. On July 25 1950 the North attacked the southward 38 parallel. November 25, 1950 china entered war. On December 31 1950 southward parallel received its second invasion. This called for the UN to immediately cease fire and withdrawal. -
Potsdam Conference
Because the north attacked the 38 southward parallel so many lives were affected.the Korean war took the lives of about 1,300,000 South Koreans, 7,000,000 Chinese, 500,000 North Koreans and 37,000 Americans. Korea remained divided into the 21st century("Korean War."). -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long conflict in Southeast Asia. It began in 1954, after the country of Vietnam was split into two parts, North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam wanted both sides of Vietnam to unite under communism, however, south vietnam did not agree. Japan seized the colony in 1940 and held it until 1945. Then a Vietnamese group called the Viet Minh declared Vietnam’s independence. -
Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was very successful. The western European countries involved experienced a rise in their gross national products of 15 to 25 percent during this period. The plan contributed greatly to the rapid renewal of the western European chemical, engineering, and steel industries. Truman extended the Marshall Plan to less-developed countries throughout the world under the Point Four Program, initiated in 1949("Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan") -
Warsaw Pact
May 14 1955 the Soviet union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary-Poland, and Romania signed the Warsaw treaty. The treaty was a friendship treaty. When there was an uprising in hungary the soviets came and ended it. The purpose of the treaty was to create a strong defense for the Soviet Union and to strengthen the hold of the Soviet union over European satellites. This treaty was also to prevent the close ties with the west. -
Suez Crisis
On October 29, 1956, 10 Israeli brigades invaded Egypt and advanced toward the canal. They demanded that Israeli and Egyptian troops withdraw from the canal, and they announced that they would intervene to enforce a cease-fire ordered by the United Nations. On November 5 and 6, British and French forces landed at Port Said and Port Fuad and began occupying the canal zone("Suez Crisis."). -
Space Race/Sputnik
On October 4 1957 the Soviet Union had launched its first Artificial satellite. This new type of technology had made the United States fear and as a result, the United States and the Soviet Union began working to increase technology. In December of 1957 the United States made their first artificial satellite name Vanguard which exploded on a launch pad. -
Suez Crisis 2
So Britain and France secretly prepared military action to regain control of the canal and, if possible, to depose Nasser. On December 22 the UN evacuated British and French troops, and Israeli forces withdrew in March 1957. As a result, it caused Arab’s and Egyptian nationalism. It also did regain shipping rights in the Straits of Tīrān. Britain and France became less fortunate and lost most of their influence in the Middle East as a result of the episode. -
Space Race/Sputnik 2
A month later on January 31 1958, The United States had succeeded in launching its first satellite, the Explorer. As a result this created the Space race and led the U.S. policymakers to accelerate space and weapons programs. This race was the cause of the space race and armed race. The Cuban missile crisis had sparked the Space Race("Sputnik" Miles).tones -
Cuban Missile Crisis
During the Cuban Missile Crisis the leaders of the Soviet Union and The United States were in a tense 13-day political and military standoff. October 22, President John Kennedy addressed the Americans about the issue and explained the reason he decided to enact a naval blockade around cuba. In 1959 they had seized all powers of the Caribbean Island Nation. On October 16 President Kennedy met with Excom. -
Cuban Missile Crisis 2
A few days later on October 24 an American airplane was down and an agreement was made for the loss of missiles. Cuban Revolution purpose was to remove the use of Missiles without initiating a conflict or war. These missiles caused invasions and they wanted to prevent it. As a result it caused an invasion on Cuba and the blockade at the soviets("Cuban Missile Crisis”). -
Vietnam War 3
Viet Cong seized control of much of South Vietnam in the early 1960s. 3 years later , In 1963 members of the South Vietnamese army murdered Diem. -
Warsaw Pact 2
On July 1, 1991 the treaty was dissolved. The treaty led to a revival of nationalism and expression of hostility towards the soviet. It also led to the fall of communism (‘ Warsaw Pact” ). -
Glasnost & Perestroika
The Russian word perestroika is translated as “restructuring.” After becoming head of the Soviet government in 1985, Gorbachev introduced the concept of perestroika. He intended it to be a program of moderate and controlled reform that would revitalize the stagnant Soviet economy.he decentralized economic controls and encouraged enterprises to become self-financing.In 1988 a new parliament, the Congress of People’s Deputies, was created. -
Chinese Revolution 4
the outbreak of the Korean war cause the creation of the PRC -
Vietnam War 2
But the french still wanted to take control, so the two opposing sides fought for 8 years , also known as the French Indochina War. The Viet Minh defeated the French in 1954. France and the Viet Minh scheduled a meeting to decide what would happen to Vietnam. The meeting divided Vietnam into North and South Vietnam. The Viet Minh got control of North Vietnam and Ngo Diem led the south.Ngo Dinh Diem, who was opposed Communism led the south, imprisoned and killed hundreds of Buddhists. -
Glasnost & Perestroika
Late 1980’s The Russian word glasnost, translated as “openness,” refers to the Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues.Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s and began the democratization of the Soviet Union.Gorbachev launched glasnost following his introduction of perestroika, a program aimed at restructuring Soviet economic and political policy. -
Glasnost & Perestroika 2
Glasnost dramatically enlarged individual freedom of expression in the country. It gave the media greater freedom to publish, and editorials complaining of depressed conditions. fundamental changes to the political structure of the Soviet Union occurred,the power of the Communist Party was reduced, and multicandidate elections took place("glasnost.") -
Glasnost & Perestroika 4
Similar congresses were established in each Soviet republic as well. For the first time, elections to these bodies presented voters with a choice of candidates, including noncommunists, though the Communist Party continued to dominate the system("perestroika."). -
North Altantic Treaty Organization
In 1990, 12 countries signed to the North Atlantic Treaty organization which included Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom (Great Britain), and the United States. 26 years later they were joined by Greece and Turkey, West Germany, Spain Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia ("North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)". -
NATO 2
26 Countries in total agreed to NATO. on March 31 1991 the pact pact military structure was disbanded. The idea of Nato was to increase the cooperation and Trade with the Soviet union. As a result the Warsaw Pact was created a couple of years shortly after
