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Yalta Conference
Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet to discuss about the post war worldGermany gets divided (4zones), Berlin also gets divided by zones of influencede militarize, de nazifyPoland have democratic election (What the government is going to be like after ww2)Stalin agrees to enter the war against the Japanese and agrees to join the United Nation (Stalin: Security Council, veto power)Roosevelt grants Stalin more land and influences in Asia -
Potsdam Conference
Stalin, Churchill (no longer in power), Clement Atlee (Britain), Harry Truman (new US president) Western powers and the Soviets have worsen US tested their nuclear bomb, US no longer needs USSR in japan US and Britain argue with USSR about the details of how to divide Germany, the amount of repartitions Germany had to pay and Russian influence over countries in Easter Europe -
US Truman Doctrine
400 million dollars to Greece and turkey the marshall plan (1947): provided 12.5 billion to help rebuild Western Europe beneficial for US because it stops communism, put missiles in turkey Greece -
Berlin Blockade
In one of the first acts of COld war aggression the Soviets blocked off access to west Berlin the allied controlled zoneTheir aim was to force the Western powers to allow the Soviet zone to start supplying Berlin with food and fuel thereby giving the Soviets practical control over the entire cityIn response, the Allies airlifted supplies into the city for nearly a year until the Soviets finally gave up the blockade of the city -
Korean War
North Korea invades the south in 1950 with the use of soviet weapons and suppliesthe united states/ un forces come to aid of South Korea and push North Korea back up WIth defeat looking likely, communist China commits 300000 troops to North Korea and retake SeoulUS/UN troops push North Korea back to original borderAfter 3 years of fighting the border between South and North Korea remains roughly the same US support South Korea USSR support North KoreaSoviet invasion of western europe, spre -
Arms Race
1949 Soviets successfully test an atom bombUS vows to develop a more powerful nuclear weapon called a Hydrogen BombCreated in 1952 the Hydrogen 1000times more powerful than the atom bombs used in Japan1953 USSR tests tis first Hydrogen bomb and both nations start stockpiling nuclear weaponsBoth Nations commit a large amount of money to building up their nations military strength over the next several years which also contributes to ... -
The Space Race
USSR develops Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and Launches the first ever satellite into space called SputnikIn 1958 the US launches their own satellitePresident John F Kennedy promises to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade1961, Soviet Yuri Gargarin becomes the first man to orbit the Earth1962, John Glenn becomes the first American1969, US lands on the moonIn the future Soviets and US cooperate on space missions -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In 1962 a United States U-2 spy plane photographs missile sites being set up in Communist Cuba only 100 or so miles from Florida, USASoviet Union is secretly supplying and building what the US believes to be nuclear missile silos in CUbaThe threat of nuclear war reaches an all time high -
Vietnam War
Communist North Vietnam supported by the Soviets with weapons and moneySOuth Vietnam supported by the US not only with the weapons and money but also hundreds of thousands of troopsThe US feared the spread of communism and got directly involved in an unpopular wardomino theory (Cambodia, Laos will fall to communism if Vietnam turns into communism