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creation of united nations!
the allies divide Germany into zones
free elections to be held in all nazi occupied nations! |
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ends with Potsdam agreement division of boundaries in Europe
but less agreement with truman's hard line approach =[ |
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings
1945 |
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*mistrust because soviet union wasn't informed about the bombing!
*start of nuclear war s.u felt they had to keep up and became more insecure |
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| long telegram and the iron curtain speech 1946 |
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long telegram warns of soviet insecure ness and makes it officail cold war is inevitable
iron curtain speech- americans called "war mongers" provocative speech. officail divide between west and east! |
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| what else happened in 1946? |
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putting containment into effect in way!
assist all nations under subjugation
from armed minorities or outside
pressure hinting at all the eastern European countries who turned communist! |
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india and pakistan get independence and
soviets take over poland |
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-U.S.A will assistwar ravaged countries but only capitalist nations!
helps western European nations look better than eastern European ones!
u.s.s.r responds with comicon |
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Beginning of Berlin blockade
1948 |
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Stalin blocks all land routes from West Germany
then U.S.A orders an airlift to carry supplies to wets berlin
causeing mistrust like u.s don't trust s.u!
caused by new currency in west Berlin that made them look more prosperous! |
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Korea: first parliamentary vote makes syngman Rhee in charge of republic of Korea
then s.u. declares democratic peoples
Korea |
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North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
signed by western countries to back each other up and they became officail allies.and resist communist expansion. |
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| officail ending of soviet blockade! |
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| however the airlift doesn't stop in case soviet block again. |
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| Mao Zedong claims the peoples republic of China 1949 |
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| china=communist= America emotionally scared so insecure |
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| soviets test frist atomic bomb 1949 |
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| they did it out of insecurity and the amricans where very scared and motivated to beat the u.s.s.r |
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