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This meeting was to decide the post-war status of Germany. It was decided to divide Germany into four occupation zones. The Allied nations agree that free elections are to be held in all countries occupied by Nazi Germany. In addition, the new United Nations are to replace the failed League of Nations.
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US President Harry S. Truman informs Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin that the United States has nuclear weapons.
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Joseph Stalin gives a speech preaching to the public how he believes Communism is the only answer and how as long as Communism rules, he will.
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Winston Churchill delivers speech explaining how there is an unspoken divide within Europe known as the "Iron Curtain". The sides are split between those in favor of Communism and those who are not.
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Doctrine starts with giving aid to Greece and Turkey in order to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere
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Plan to fund countries to prevent war and communist rule in European countries
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NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. NATO was made to protect the freedom of its 28 members
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This is just one of the many occurances in the contribution to the arms race that was the basis of the Cold War
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This was America's way of keeping up in the arms race. Each bomb would be more destructive than the last and countires (mainly America and Russia) would fight to get bigger and better quicker.
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Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, falls to United Nations forces
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Australia, New Zealand, and the United States sign. This compels the three countries to cooperate on matters of defense and security in the Pacific.
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Greece and Turkey join NATO.
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The United States tests their first thermonuclear bomb
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The United States launches the world's first nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus. The nuclear submarine would become the ultimate nuclear deterrent.