Yalta Conference-Feb 1945
Before the end of WWII, Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt met at Yalta to plan what should happen when the war ended. They agreed on many points:
1.The established of the United Nations
2. Germany to be divided into four zones
3.Free elections allowed in the states of eastern Europe
4. Russia promised to join the war against Japan
Key Terms
Iron Curtain Speech-Winston Churchill- how the Soviets are dominating eastern Europe
Domino Theory- speculated one country falls to communism in one are all the other countries would follow, its a domino effect
Policy of Containment- United states foreign Policy containing communism
Truman Doctrine- stated that the US would aid Greece and Turkey from falling under Soviets power
Marshall Plan- George Marshall- gave money and aid to Europe to help rebuild their economy after world war ii , all about containing communism
Brinkmanship- pushing you to the brink of war and then you don’t do it
Massive retaliation/ Mutual- Military strategy- if one country has nuclear weapons and so does the other country you dont use them
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