Today our class was shortened because of the ten off for band. We talked about the forum post and the rest of the discussion.
Yalta Conference- February 1945. Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt met at Yalta to plan what should happen when the war ended. They agreed on many points.
1- Established of the United Nations.
2- Germany would be divided into four zones.
3- Free elections allowed in the states of eastern Europe.
4- Russia promised to join the war against Japan.
Iron Curtain Speech- Winston Churchill talks about how the soviets are dominating Eastern Europe.
Domino Theory- One country is communist, others will follow.
Policy of Containment- US foreign policy that said we will contain communism.
Truman Doctrine- Harry Truman said that we need to support Greece and Turkey with money and aid to stay away from communism.
Marshall Plan- George Marshall. Giving money and aid to Europe after WW2 to build up their economy and stay away from communism.
Brinkmanship-Acting like we will go to war but really not. Pushing them to the brink to make them want to back down.
Massive retaliation- military strategy where one side has something and the other side doesn't so the other side can't attack you. When they both had them, the world was a safer place.
NATO vs. Warsaw Pact-
CIA vs. KGB-
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