East-West relations, 1941-1949

  • Soviet Union got attacked

    Soviet Union got attacked
    Hitler attacked the Soviet Union.
  • Tehran conference

    Tehran conference
    The USSR, USA, and the UK met in Tehran and during this conference, Britain and France agreed to open a second front against Germany by invading France.
  • Yalta conference

    Yalta conference
    The Big three discussed about dividing the land that they will win from Germany to France, UK, USA, and the USSR.
  • Potsdam Cconference

    Potsdam Cconference
    The big three decided that Germany will be demilitarised and will become a democratic country.
  • Japan got bombed

    Japan got bombed
    The US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan.
  • Long telegram

    Long telegram
    George Kennan, an American diplomat in the USSR, sent a telegram to America saying that the best way to stop the USSR is to stop them from expanding.
  • Novikov Telegram

    Novikov Telegram
    Novikov, a Soviet diplomat in the US, sent a telegram to the US warning about the threat that the US poses to the world.
  • Communist Government Elected in Poland

    Communist Government Elected in Poland
    There was an election after WWII in Poland which was filled with communist and that made the government communist with a communist leader.
  • Communist seize power in Czechoslovakia

    Communist seize power in Czechoslovakia
    Czechoslovakia a former democratic country became communist.
  • Communist government elected in Hungary

    Communist government elected in Hungary
    There was a Parliamentary election in Hungary which made Hungary Communist.