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Yalta Conference
took place in a Russian resort town in Crimea; it was sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference -
Potsdam Conference
From July 17th- August 2nd 1945 the big 3 met in Potsdam, Germany to nogaciate terms for the end of WWII; they confirmed the status of a demiliterized and disarmed Germany under 4 zones of Allied occupation -
United Nations Established
coined by the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was first used in the Declaration of United Nations of January 1, 1942 during the second World War -
Autumn Uprising
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Truman Doctrine Announced
Stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet rule. -
Chinese Revolution of 1949
Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang, which broke out immediately following World War II and had been preceded by on and off conflict between the two sides since the 1920’s. -
Mungyeong Massacre
was a massacre conducted by 2nd and 3rd platoon, 7th company, 3rd battalion, 25th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division of the South Korean Army of 86 to 88 unarmed citizens -
North Korea ivades South Korea
communists took power of the North while the U.N. helped the South; the North invaded the South within two days Truman sent forces to fight the North -
Eisenhower Elected President
Republican Dwight Eisenhower was the landslide winner, ending a string of Democratic wins that stretched back to 1932. -
DMZ created
its a 160 miles lond about 2 and half miles wide; the most heavily miliarized border in the world and splits the North and South Korea in half on the 38th parallel
