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Yalta
Conference
1945
Churchill
,
Roosevelt
and
Stalin
Germany
and
Berlin
would be split, free
elections
in europe, creation of the
UN.
Potsdam
Conference
1945
Attlee
,
Truman
and
Stalin
Stalin stopped free elections in
Poland
, Truman tested the
atom bomb.
1945
, the US tested two
atomic bombs
on
Hiroshima
and
Nagasaki
, Japan.
1946
, the
Iron Curtain Speech
by
Churchill.
1947
, the
Truman Doctrine
helped to
contain
communism.
1947
,
Cominform
set up by Stalin.
1948
, Marshall Plan, George
Marshall
gave
17 billion
to European countries to help rebuild after
WW2.
1949
,
Comecon
set up by Stalin.
The Berlin Blockade,
1948
:
Allies formed
Trizonia
and introduced the
Deutsmark
Stalin cut off entries in and out of
West Berlin
-
318
days
The Berlin Airlift,
1949
:
Allies transport
275000
planes carrying supplies into
West Berlin
1949
,
China
turn communist
As a result,
NATO
is created,
1949