Tensions Leading to the Cold War
This "Big Three" meeting in Feb 1945 saw agreements to divide Germany into four zones.
The Yalta Conference
This line of latitude separates North and South Korea.
The 38th Parallel
The 1962 event often cited as the closest the world ever came to nuclear war.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
This event on December 7, 1941, brought the United States into the war.
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
This "Big Three" leader attended Yalta but died before the Potsdam Conference began.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
Winston Churchill used this metaphor in 1946 to describe the division of Europe.
The Iron Curtain
This international organization sent troops to help South Korea after the 1950 invasion.
The United Nations (UN)
This wall was built in 1961 to stop East Germans from fleeing to the capitalist West.
The Berlin Wall
The code name for the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
Operation Overlord (D-Day)
At Yalta, the Allies agreed to divide this defeated nation into four occupation zones.
Germany
This US policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism rather than destroying it.
Containment
This major communist power entered the war in late 1950, pushing UN forces back south.
China
The theory that if one country fell to communism, its neighbors would follow.
Domino Theory
This brutal winter battle in Russia (1942–43) is considered the major turning point on the Eastern Front.
The Battle of Stalingrad
At Potsdam, Harry Truman shocked Stalin by hinting that the US possessed this new weapon.
The Atomic Bomb
The $13 billion US plan to rebuild Europe’s economy so people wouldn’t turn to communism.
The Marshall Plan
Because no formal peace treaty was signed, the war ended in this type of "truce" or "stand-off."
An Armistice
What was the name of the war that followed the Korean War due to America's overconfidence overseas?
The Vietnam War
The German "Lightning War" tactic that used fast-moving tanks and aircraft to overwhelm enemies.
Blitzkrieg
This British Prime Minister was replaced midway through the Potsdam Conference after losing an election.
Winston Churchill
Stalin’s 1948 attempt to starve West Berlin into submission, which was met by a massive airlift.
The Berlin Blockade
What is the general name of this type of war
Proxy War
What incedent revealed to the world that America was spying on Russia
The U-2 Incident
The secret US project that developed the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Manhattan Project
A major point of tension at Yalta was whether this country would have free, democratic elections.
Poland