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World War 2 Begins
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Him and Stalin had a good relationship and there was low tensions between Capitalism and Communism -
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Joseph Stalin
-Leader of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War -
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Winston Churchill
-Leader of Britain
-Hated Communism -
The Manhattan Project
-America created the first atomic bomb and tested it
-They hid it and never told the East about it -
Tehran Conference
-First Conference between the Grand Alliance
-They discussed how to defeat Hitler -
Yalta Conference
-Discussed that Germany and Berlin would be split into 4 different parts
-Discussed the Soviet Union having a sphere of influence as a buffer zone -
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Harry Truman
-Hated Communism
-Created the Truman Doctrine
-Created the Marshall Plan
-Started the 'Containment' project -
Potsdam Conference
-Tensions increase between the East and West
-Hitler was defeated
-Tensions increased because of atomic bombs held by the West which threatened the East
-They were used to scare the East from fighting the West -
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Clement Attlee
New leader of Britain -
Bombing on Hiroshima
-America dropped a bomb on Japan after they refused to stop fighting -
Bombing of Nagasaki
-America dropped another bomb on Japan 3 days later after they refused to stop fighting -
World War 2 Ends
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Trizonia was Formed
-France, Britain and USA's parts of Germany were joined together to form Trizonia
-They had their own currency
-This greatly angered the Soviet Union as they now had a smaller part than the West -
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Berlin Blockade
-Stalin felt threatened by Trizonia being formed
-He created a blockade around Berlin to try and take it
-America sent planes every 90 seconds to send supplies to Berlin
-Lasted 318 days until Stalin eventually gave in