-
At Yalta Franklin D. Roosevelt,Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin made important decisions about the progress of the war and the postwar world in the future.
-
The supreme commanders of the Western powers met with their colleague from the Soviet Union.
-
Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, Harry Truman met in Potsdam, Germany, to discuss terms for the end of World War II.
-
After Japan’s surrender in World War II, Vietnamese communist Ho Chi Minh declares the independence of Vietnam from France
-
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/churchill-delivers-iron-curtain-speechChurchill’s speech was considered the opening to the beginning of the Cold War.
-
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/strategy-containment-1947-1948George F. Kennan made the policy of “containment,” the United States strategy for fighting the cold war with the Soviet Union.
-
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/marshall-planGeorge C. Marshall made a call program to rebuild Europe.
-
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-blockadeThe Berlin Blockade was an attempt by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel Berlin.
-
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-airlift-beginsWhen the Soviet blockade of landed into West Berlin the United States began aairlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the city.
-
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/natoThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created by the United States, Canada, and Western European nations to have security against the Soviet Union.
-
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/korean-war-2The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea then soon became international when under U.S. leadership the U.N joined to support South Korea and the People’s Republic of China entered to help North Korea.
-
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/julius-and-ethel-rosenberg-executedJulius and Ethel Rosenberg were a married couple convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage are killed with electric chair.
-
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/khrushchev-begins-his-rise-to-powerKhrushchev was named secretary of the Communist Party.
-
http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/dwight-d-eisenhowerDwight D. Eisenhower led massive invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe
-
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-warsaw-pact-is-formedThe Warsaw Pact had mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces
