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The Yalta Conference
Meeting between the alied powers to determain the outcome of Germany -
FDR dies
FDR dies of a cerebal hemorrhage and Harry Truman becomes president in his place -
V.E. Day
V.E. Day or Victory in Europe Day marks the end of World War II in Europe -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
The U.S. bomb Hiroshima, Japan -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki
The U.S. bomb Nagasaki just days after they bomb Hiroshima -
V.J. Day
V.J. Day or Victory Over Japan Day is the day that Japan surrendered which ended World War II -
The Containment Policy
To Prevent the spread of communism abroad. -
Iron Curtain Speech
To idolize the effort by the Soviet Union to seperate it self from the sattilite nations. -
Truman Doctrine
That the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to any democratic nation under attack -
Marshall Plan
Was a plan to aid Europe of all its destruction and problems after the end of World War II -
Berlin Airlift
It was the way for the U.S. to stand there ground in Berlin, so they dropped needed supplies to there people. -
NATO formed
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide help and security against the Soviet Union -
China Falls to Communism
The country had little industry. What had existed had been destroyed after so many years of war.
Money was valueless.
The towns had high unemployment.
The countryside was experiencing food shortages; and if the countryside was not producing food, the cities were bound to be short of food as well.
China’s population was increasing by 14 million a year which would only make all shortages worse. -
Korean War Begins
Forces from north Korea Invade South Korea to start the Korean War. -
Korean War Ends
An armistice is signed -
Warsaw Pact Formed
The treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existance during the Cold War.
