Cold War

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Cold War

• Yalta Conference

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Timeline
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
February 4-11-- Yalta Conference Cold War Begins
August 6 -- United States first used atomic bomb
in war
August 8 -- Russia enters war against Japan
August 14 -- Japanese surrender End of World War
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March -- Winston Churchill delivers "Iron
Curtain" Speech
March -- Truman declares active role in Greek
Civil War
June -- Marshall Plan is announced
February -- Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia
June 24 -- Berlin Blockade begins
May 12 -- Berlin Blockade ends
July -- NATO ratified
September -- Mao Zedong, a Communist, takes
control of China
September -- Soviets explode first atomic bomb
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What was Yalta Conference, and what was discussed?

• In February 1945, the three leaders from
  USA, USSR and Great Britain met in Yalta,
  Southern Russia to make plans to end the war and
  to discuss the future of Eastern Europe.
• They talked about mainly three points
• The first thing they talked about was
  Germany. They agreed that Germany should be
  divided into zones of occupation. Initial plans
  for the United Nations were made. It was agreed
  that free election would be held in the Eastern
  Europe countries. Poland was to be gaining
  Germany land in the west in exchange for Polish
  land in the east to be taken by Russia. Germany
  itself was to be divided into American, British,
  French and Soviet military zones, the allies
  agreed that Nazi trials for war criminal should
  take place. Although, the allies had some
  disagreements they shared the common goal to end
  Nazism.
• The second thing that they agreed on was that
  the liberated areas such as Poland, and Eastern
  Europe (a troubled area) were to have a freely
  elected government but, it had to be Pro-Russian.
  Also, Germany had to pay heavy reparations to the
  Soviet Union.
• Thirdly, although Soviet Union did not want to
  declare war on Japan, they agreed to do so as
  soon as Germany surrendered. Soviet Union wanted
  to continue their relationship with Japan but as
  compensation they were to receive several
  Japanese territories and they agreed.

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What did it lead up to?
Fall of Communism

• The Yalta Conference itself did not illustrate
  any of the aspects clearly, but it led to many
  events that illustrate many aspects. For example,
  the three leaders, so-called the Big 3 decided
  that the liberated areas should have the freedom
  of choosing their own government. However, the
  miscommunication or the misunderstanding
  occurred, and Stalin started to decide all the
  leaders and the form of government for the
  countries. This leads to the tension that takes
  place afterwards between Stalin and Truman, the
  president of US after Roosevelt. The agreement of
  the Eastern Europe deciding and setting up their
  government was broken down immediately. Most of
  this area becomes Pro-Soviet and the key
  ministerial were help by Moscow trained
  communists. Soviet power started increasing
  greatly in Eastern Europe. Poland was one of the
  countries that USSR tried to decide a government
  for. The form of the government that USSR wanted
  Poland to have was communism. However, US wanted
  Liberalism to be the government for Poland.

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Image Gallery
Winston Spencer Churchill (British President)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (U.S. President)
Joseph Stalin (USSR leader)
Harry Truman (U.S. President after Roosevelt)
Threat of possessing nuclear weapons.
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