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Start of Yalta Conference
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Death of Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman became US President -
End of WWII (Europe)
Nazi Germany surrendered -
Start of Potsdam Conference
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Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
Beginning of US atomic diplomacy -
US Termination of Lend-Lease
Unilateral US action without giving advance notice to USSR -
Stalin's Election Speech
Communism vs Capitalism 'inevitable' - also known as Bolshoi Speech -
George Kennan's Long Telegram
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Iron Curtain Speech
By Winston Churchill -
Novikov Telegram
By Soviet ambassador in Washington, Nikolai Novikov, stressing the dangers of possible U.S. economic and military domination worldwide -
Restatement of Policy on Germany Speech
By James Byrnes, the United States Secretary of State -
Clifford-Elsey Report
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Truman Doctrine
Beginning of US global containment of communism -
Marshall Plan Speech
By George Marshall - European Recovery Programme (ERP) -
Formation of Cominform
Communist Information Bureau -
Two Camps Speech
By Andrei Zhdanov - also known as Zhdanov Doctrine -
National Security Act
Established the National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency -
Deutschmark Introduced in West Berlin
Unilateral currency reform in West Germany by Western powers -
Start of Berlin Blockade
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Formation of COMECON
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) -
Formation of NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation -
End of Berlin Blockade
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Creation of West Germany
Federal Republic of Germany - formal division of Germany -
USSR's 1st Atomic Bomb
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China Became Communist
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Greece & Turkey Join NATO
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Uprising in East Germany
Western powers did not intervene -
West Germany Joins NATO
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Creation of Warsaw Pact
Military alliance of Soviet bloc
