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Yalta Conference
Where: Yalta Ukraine
Who:Britain, USA, USSR
What: The Big Three deciding what would happen to Europe and Germany after WW2
Why: Britain aim was for free elections, Democratic governments in Eastern Europe. USSR's aim was for Soviet influence in Eastern
Europe
what effect on the cold war: It was one of the causes of the cold war, Stalin did not have free elections which has a effect on liberalism and President Truman did tell how powerful the atomic bomb is. -
The Potsdam Conference
Who: USSR, US, Britain The Big Three
What: It resulted in divisions of Germany through reparations of each allied sides occupation zones and division of European countries between the US and the USSR
Where: Potsdam, Germany
Why: to defer discussions of german reunifications at a later
what effect on the cold war: It was the last time the Big Three would be on the same side and stalin would not negotiate free elections which had a big effect on liberalism in the world -
Hiroshima Bombing
Where: Hiroshima, Japan
What: Hiroshima was chosen because the aim was to destroy their ability to fight wars.
Who: The U.S attacking Japan -
Nagasaki Bombing
Where: Nagasaki, Japan
Who: The U.S attacking Japan
Why: Kokura was the initial target. Nagasaki had weapons productions such as torpedoes and the B-29 bomber had to switch its target due to thick haze and smoke. -
The Molotov Plan
Where: eastern european communist countries.
What: aid in rebuilding countries aligned with the Soviet Union politically and economically. response to the Marshall Plan -
The Truman Doctrine
Who: President Harry S. Truman
What: A US foreign policy of providing economic and military aid to foreign countries
Where: any country that were attempting to resist communism
Why: To stop the spread of communism and the assumption that the Soviet Union sought world domination
what effect on the cold war: Countries were given aid based off of their political beliefs.
what effect on liberalism: Many countries were able to express capitalistic and democratic ideas because of this policy. -
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The Marshall Plan
Who: The US and Europe
What: This plan offered all European nations, including the Soviet Union to rebuild their economies as long as the money was spent on goods made in the US.
Where: Europe
Why: to aid in the recovery of Europe and oppose the spread of communism
what effect on the cold war: The Soviet Union disagreed with one of the factors and it sparked the cold war
what effect on liberalism: it boosted the gross national products and their economy. -
Treaty of Brussels
Who: Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
What: The Treaty of Brussels was signed to show that the western european countries can work together which inspired NATO and the Western European Union
Where: Brussels, Belgium
Why: to create a collective defense alliance
what effect on the cold war: This treaty inspired NATO which was a key component to winning the cold war.
what effect on liberalism: fought against communism -
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The Berlin Blockade
What: Stalin cut off 2.5 million germans from electricity, food
Where: West Berlin
impact on cold war: symbolized the divide between communist USSR and democratic US
impact on liberalism: 2.5 million and more people put in unlivable conditions. -
NATO
Who: 28 or more countries
Why: If one country is attacked all countries respond
What:to provide a political and military alliance that connects North America with Europe
Where: Washington, D.C., United States
what effect on the cold war: NATO was capitalism and one of the "teams" formed for the war.
what effect on liberalism: one of the member states allowed the allies to place weapons to stop the communists from attacking. -
Soviet Creation of Nuclear Weapons
Where: Atomgrad, Semipalatinsk, Chagan Lake
Who: The Soviet Union
What: The Soviets successfully tested their first nuclear device, called RDS-1 or "First Lightning" -
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The Korean War
who: Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea)
What: The Soviet Union supplied and advised the north to invade the south.
Why: America wanted to contain communism and prevent the domino effect of Japan falling. -
Stalin's Death
Where: Kuntsevo, Moscow, Russia
What: Stalin dies from a stroke, he is given a state funeral with four days of national mourning. His death was the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union. -
The Warsaw Pact
Who: USSR, Poland, East Germany, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia
What: a military alliance of all the communist east european countries
Why: designed as a response to NATO, members were to support each other if attacked
what effect on the cold war: one of the "teams" formed for the war
what effect on liberalism: It was a threat to liberalism. -
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The Vietnam War
who: communist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the United States.
What: The U.S.A was afraid of communism spreading in South Vietnam and the rest of Asia. They sent money, supplies and military advisers to help the South Vietnamese Government. -
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Hungarian Revolution
Where: Hungary
What: thousands of protesters took to the streets and demanded a more democratic political system and freedom from the Soviet oppression. A quarter million Hungarians fled the country. -
NORAD
Who: Canada and the US
Where: Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
What: The North American Aerospace Defence Command
Why: -Watch every artificial objects in the North America Aerospace (including outer space).
-Detect, confirm any aircraft, missile, and spaceplane that could attack North America, and alert the U.S and Canadian government.
what effect on the cold war: It was to monitor and and defend The U.S and Canada from Soviet bombers -
Fidel Castro takes over Cuba
Where: Cuba
What: Batista was a corrupt dictator that was involved in crime organizations and the reduction of civil rights but also backed up by the U.S. Fidel Castro accused Batista of tyranny and corruption and he started a revolution to turn Cuba socialist. Cubans recieve liberal values that they have wanted and the Soviet Union lose land they value a lot because they can keep the U.S in check with their nuclear weapons -
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Bay of Pigs
Where: Cuba
What: a CIA-financed and -trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro.
Why: Cuba had a alliance with the Soviet Union which the U.S felt it was a security threat. -
The End of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Where: Cuba, caribbean sea
Who: The Soviet Union and The U.S
What: The Soviet Union installed missiles in Cuba to launch attacks on U.S cities which pushed both to the brink of war before agreeing to withdraw missiles.
This event could’ve sparked a hot war and because it didn’t more countries are introduced to liberalism -
Nuclear Arms Treaties
There were many agreements to reduce the amount of deployed warheads and deployed delivery vehicles. The one that is in force presently is the New START. The objectives of these agreements are to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament. Less weapons less chance of war -
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Czechoslovakia revolution
Location: Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
What: the government of Czechoslovakia wanted to democratise the nation and lessen the stronghold that moscow had on the nations affairs. The Soviet Union invaded to crush the reform movement. Czechoslovakia divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia. -
Afghanistan War
Where: Afghanistan
What:Mohammad Daud Khan was overthrown by left wing military officers followed by another dictator who was overthrown. The Soviet Union crossed into Afghanistan and installed a government acceptable to the Russians which erupted a war between Afghan Rebels and the Soviets. The war lasted till Mikhail Gorbachev withdrew the Soviet forces in 1988. This war affected the Soviet Union greatly and that significantly contributed to the fall of the Soviet empire -
Solidarity of Poland
Where:Gdańsk, Poland
What: The trade union was the first free union ever created in Poland, the creation was repressed but Lech Walesa helped discredit communism and persuade people to go against the rule of Moscow. This union contributed to the fall of Communism. -
Berlin Wall Falling
Where: Berlin, Germany
What: The cold war was beginning to settle across Eastern Europe. The spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced that citizens were free to cross the countries borders. This was the first step in german reunification and more steps towards liberalism. One of the main events/symbols that the Cold War is ending. -
The End of the Cold War
When East Germany's borders opened up they were very joyful to leave the communist lifestyle and have Germany be reunified. China to this day is still communist and is one of the major economic powers.
Because of the end of Cold War it sparked a era of economic growth.