1943-1945 Conferences
A meeting of Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt in early 1945 that ultimately laid the foundation for post-war Europe and the basis of east-west relations for forty years
What was the Yalta Conference (Jan/Feb 1945)?
The speech outlining a new stance in US foreign policy
What was the Truman Doctrine?
Commencing on 24 June 1948 and involving the Soviet shut-downs of trail, road and canal links between West Berlin and the western zones of Germany
What was the Berlin Blockade?
The year in which China became communist
What is 1949?
A deterrent strategy developed by John Foster Dulles and based on the threat of a direct, unrestrained nuclear response of massive scale in case of communist aggression
What was massive retaliation?
This meeting held near Berlin involved Truman, Stalin and Churchill. It was at this meeting that it was decided that Germany would be divided into four zones of occupation: British, French, American and Soviet
What was the Potsdam Conference (Jul 1945)?
The term for the foreign policy stance the United States engaged with prior to the Truman Doctrine that focussed on domestic matters rather than becoming involved in matters outside of the Americas
What is isolationism?
Equivalent to 10 old Reichmarks, this currency was introduced by the US in the western zones of Germany and replaced the old currency in June 1948.
What was the Deutschmark?
A conflict occurring early in the Cold War spanning 1950-1953
What was the Korean War?
An extension of US containment policy was enacted by President Eisenhower in this middle eastern nation in 1953 when a pro-western CIA-supported coup was supported
What is Iran?
Coined by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1946, this term was used to describe the frontier line across Europe which separated eastern communist states from western non-communist states
What was the Iron Curtain?
What is containment?
In order to co-ordinate Anglo-American economic policy, this 'zone' was created in Germany in June 1947
What was the Anglo-American BiZone?
The parallel of latitude at which the two Koreas became divided
What is the 38th parallel?
The Prime Minister of Iran who according to the US, was becoming influenced by the USSR and was effectively arrested as part of a coup
Who was Mossadegh?
The Curzon Line became the accepted frontier between Poland and the Soviet Union at this meeting held in early 1945
What was the Yalta Conference (Jan/Feb 1945)?
Conflict between communist and royalist forces in Greece in which the US became involved as part of its new foreign policy
What was the civil war?
The operation to coordinate the delivery of over 4000 tons of supplies to West Berlin by plane
What was 'Operation Vittles'?
The United States entered the Korean War under the flag of this multinational organisation
What is the United Nations?
A policy initiated by Nikita Khrushchev that meant an acceptance by both superpowers, of the others existence a desire to not enter into direct conflict
What was the policy of Peaceful Coexistence?
A 1943 conference held in Morocco involving Roosevelt and Churchill that determined that Germany's unconditional surrender was the only acceptable conclusion to WW2
What was the Casablanca Conference (Jan 1943)?
Undersecretary of State who was largely responsible for the wording of Truman's speech to congress, he argued that "like apples in a barrel infected by a rotten one, the corruption of Greece would infect Iran and all to the east"
Who was Dean Acheson?
A consequence of the Berlin Blockade and airflift, this largely European alliance was joined by the US in May 1949 and each pledged to assist any member nation that was invaded
What is NATO?
Premier of North Korea during the Korean War who authorised invasion of the south
Who was Kim Il Sung?
Occurring in May 1960, the policy of peaceful coexistence ended due to this incident in which an American spy plane was shot down 2000kms inside Soviet territory. The plane was a high altitude photo-reconnaissance plane piloted by Gary Powers who was subsequently captured.
What was the U2 incident?