Studied by 75 people
inside iron curtain
Poland, Bulgaria, Romania
iron curtain
Political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
Shield from Western countries, divided from NATO and states controlled by USSR
Yalta Conference
Big Three agreed that after Germany's unconditional surrender, it would be divided into four post-war occupation zones, controlled by U.S., British, French and Soviet military forces. The city of Berlin would also be divided into similar occupation zones.
Missouri
Truman is from here
Sakhalin Islands
Soviets were promised half of this,
The Soviet invasion of the Japanese portion of this Island known as Karafuto Prefecture.
Kurile Islands
The invasion, part of the Soviet–Japanese War, was decided on when plans to land on Hokkaido were abandoned. This was a cause of the Karafuto Prefecture. Known as
___ Islands Landing Operation
Manchuria
Invasion of ___ followed Mukden Incident. the Japanese invasion here was successful till the Soviets. US put sanctions after this was invaded.
Moscow
mythic refuge against foreign incursion and symbolic center of a vast empire, showed centralized power of USSR.
during ww2, Battle of ___ was the climax of Nazi Germany's Operation Barbarossa, and it ended the Germans' intention to capture the city
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
The three Baltic states were occupied and ruled by the Soviet Union (USSR) starting in 1944. They regained independence in 1991. In 1944-1945, World War II and the occupation by Nazi Germany ended.
Atlantic Charter
Discussed U.K/U.S friendship, and Roosevelt’s plan for the world. it publicly affirmed the sense of solidarity between the U.S. and Great Britain against Axis aggression. Second, it laid out President Roosevelt's Wilsonian-vision for the postwar world; one that would be characterized by freer exchanges of trade, self-determination, disarmament, and collective security.
Newfoundland Canada
Atlantic Charter was here
Bretton Woods Confrence
Discussed postwar economic order. Established IMF/World Bank.
agree on a system of economic order and international cooperation that would help countries recover from the devastation of the war and foster long-term global growth.
New Hampshire
Bretton Woods Confrence
NYC
United Nations HQ
Nuremburg, Germany
Convicted Nazis of their crimes
Austria
The dissolution of this was a major geopolitical event that occurred as a result of the growth of internal social contradictions and the separation of different parts of it
Iran
The Eisenhower administration viewed ___ as a crucial link in the 'northern tier' of countries stretching from Turkey to Afghanistan that separated the USSR from the oil-rich Persian Gulf.
Greece
1946 to 1949. It was mainly fought against the established Kingdom of Greece, which was supported by the United Kingdom and the United States and won in the end. beat communism. (war)
Turkery
Truman doctrine sent $400 million in aid to stop communism, if Greece fell, they would fall too
Paris
On April 3, 1948, President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. named for Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe
Israel
Middle Eastern countries opposed the creation of a Jewish state. Saudi Arabia is very against this. Truman does recognize in 1948 though- Holocaust sympathy.
Berlin
city split at the Yatla confrence, one side Communist other side led by Allies. Helped by the Marshal plan.
was divided into Soviet, American, British and French zones of occupation.
Pentagon, DC
Department of Defense - deter general war by maintaining sufficient American forces to contest any overt Soviet expansion, principally along the demarcation lines in Europe and Asia established at the end of World War II.J
Brussels, Beliguim
agreement signed by Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, creating a collective defense alliance. It led to the formation of NATO and the Western European Union. A goal of the treaty was to show that western European states could cooperate, thus encouraging the United States to play a role in the security of western Europe.
Washington, D.C
NATO is formed
Japan
Between 1945 and 1952, the U.S. occupying forces, led by General Douglas A. MacArthur, enacted widespread military, political, economic, and social reforms.
Tokyo War Trials, Tokyo
International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), convened on April 29, 1946 to try the leaders of Japan for joint conspiracy to start and wage war.
China
Jing Jieshi/Chiang Kai-Shek(Nationalist) is fighting against Mao Zendog/ Mao Tse-Tung(Communist). Nationalists lose. also helps North Korea in the Korean War.
Taiwan/Formosa
Jing Jieshi fled here after he lost in China.
Enewetak Atoll
First Hydrogen bomb is tested here. Technically part of the Marshall Islands
Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
Many nuclear weapons were tested here
North Korea
Supported by the Soviets. People's Republic of China came. Communist
South Korea
The United Nations, with the United States as the principal participant, joined the war on the side of the ___
New York
Thomas E. Dewey is senator. 1949, eleven alleged communists were brought here for trial.
Wisconsin
Joseph McCarthy is senator. alleging that numerous communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the United States federal government, universities, film industry, and elsewhere.
Philadelphia
Democrats/Republicans gathered here to choose candidates for 1946 election
South Carolina
J. Strom Thurmond is governor. remarked that the civil rights bill constituted a "cruel and unusual punishment", and stated that he hoped to "educate the country" by means of an extended speech against the legislation.
Subelt
Region from Virginia, through Florida and Texas, and to Arizona and California. Many people started to come here.
Frostbelt
Northeast U.S
California
The population of ___ grew significantly, largely due to servicemen who were stationed at the new military bases/training facilities and mass influx of workers from around the U.S. in the growing defense industries.
Big electronics Industry
Florida/Texas
Military institutions.
Peacock Military Academy was nationally recognized as the "West Point of ___" and had graduated over 15,000 cadets, many of whom served and commanded in World War II and in the Korean and Vietnamese campaigns of the Cold War.
NYC/Philadelphia
first truly mass-produced suburb and is widely regarded as the archetype for postwar suburbs throughout the country. Levittowns
East Paterson, New Jersey
- Renamed Elmwood Park
North Vietnam
Communist, led by Ho Chi Minh, backed by the Soviet Union. Beat South Vietnam/USA. USA feared that Domino theory would start here, which is why we intervened.
South Vietnam
Invaded by North Vietnam, Democratic, led by Ngo Dinh Diem, supported by USA. Lost to North.
Laos/Cambodia
was officially a neutral country in the Vietnam War, though North Vietnamese troops moved supplies and arms through the northern part of the country, which was part of the Ho Chi Minh trail that stretched from Vietnam to neighboring Laos and Cambodia.
