Cold War

World War II

General Marshall - Highest U.S. military commander (below FDR)
Eisenhower - U.S. supreme commander in Europe
Douglas McArthur - U.S. supreme commander in the Pacific
George Patton - sub-commander in Europe

Morocco Conference - Jan. 1943 (Casablanca)
Allies would only accept Germany's unconditional surrender
Stalin wanted Allies to open second front
Tehran Conference - Nov. 1943
U.S. and Birtain agreed to open second front within 6 months
Stalin agreed that Russia would join war against Japan as soon as war in Europe was over
Poland issue was left unresolved
Moscow Conference - Oct. 1944
Churchill promised Stalin that Britain would not interfere with Russia's claims in Eastern Europe
Yalta Conference - Feb. 1945
FDR, Churchill, Stalin agreed to:
1. Russia would get back islands that Japan had won in Russo-Japanese war
2. Establishment of the United Nations
3. Occupation zones in Germany
4. Poland issue unresolved (Stalin already had troops in Poland)
5. German reparations issue not resolved
(April 12, 1945 - FDR died and Truman took over)
6. Russia would not interfere in China or support Communism there
FDR avoided challenging Stalin over Poland and Eastern Europe in order to get the China agreement
Potsdam Conference - July 1945
U.S. recognized Soviet puppet-government in Poland
U.S. recognized new Polish borders
Soviets agreed to only take reparations from East Germany
Stalin recognized Chiang Kei-Shek's government (instead of Communist Mao Tse Tung) in China

The Cold War

Marshall Plan
U.S. gave economic aid to rebuild Europe
Helped to keep European nations from turning to Communism
Containment Policy (George Kennen) - stop Communism from spreading
1948 - Berlin blockade
Mao Tse Tung
Effective military leader against Japanese
Drove out Chiang Kei-Shek in 1949
NATO Treaty - April 1949
Military alliance between U.S., Western Europe, and Turkey
(Spain and Sweden were neutral countries and not in NATO)
SETO Treaty - Alliance between U.S. and non-Communist southeast Asia
1948 election - Truman (Democrat) beat Dewey (Republican)
Korean War (1950-1953)
Was the first United Nations action
Soviets occupied North Korea, U.S. occupied South Korea
Soviets pulled out but left a Communist government
North Korea attacked South Korea
Douglas McArthur led U.S. army
China (Communist) aided North Korea
Ended in stalemate at original North/South border
Armistice but no treaty (so we're technically still at war?)
McCarthyism
Truman blamed for fall of ChinaW