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Yalta Conference
A meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin to establish what will conclude for the end of the war topics include: Partitioning of Germany, Fate of Poland, The United Nations, and German reparations. -
Potsdam Conference
This conference divided Germany and Austria into four zones, also that the German capital Berlin would be divided into four zones.Russian Polish border was determined and Korea was to be divided into Soviet and American zones. -
V E Day
Germany surrenders to the Russian army. -
V J Day
The Japanese surrendered bringing World War Two to an end. -
Cominform
The USSR set up Cominform (Communist Information Bureau) was the Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers’ Parties responsible for the creation of the Eastern bloc. -
Truman Doctrine
Truman announcing to assist any country/nation facing a Communist takeover -
Berlin Blockade
Russia responded to the unification of France, UK, and US by cutting off Berlin's road, and rail links in to that sector causing all persons living in western Berlin having no access to food causing starvation. The US, and UK via aircraft brought food and supplies to western Berlin this was known as the Berlin Airlift. -
NATO formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation formed with member states Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States -
Warsaw Pact
Formed by members of East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. The Warsaw Pact was seen as militaristic threat, as a sign of Communist dominance/ -
Hungarian Revolution
A Hungarian protest against Communist rule in Budapest. Power quickly was gathered then Soviet tanks entering Budapest on the following day Aug 24th, then withdrawing on Aug 28th.A new government came and swept the nation introducing democracy, freedoms for speech, and religion. Soviet tanks returned on 4th November encircling Budapest. The Prime Minister Imre Nagy made a World broadcast that Hungary was under attack from the Soviet Union and calling for aid, but in the end fell to Russia
