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Aftermath of World War II

  • Cold WarOn the 5th of March 1946, former British prime minister Winston Churchill delivered a speech in Fulton, Missouri, that would define the opening chapter of…
  • Tehran ConferenceThe USS Iowa dropped anchor in the Caspian Sea on the 27th of November 1943. President Franklin D. Roosevelt stepped off a plane at Baku and traveled by…
  • DecolonizationIn 1775, the American Revolution began as thirteen North American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain.
  • Free Territory of TriesteThe Free Territory of Trieste occupied a narrow strip of land around the Gulf of Trieste in the northern Adriatic Sea. It stretched from Duino in the north…
  • Potsdam AgreementOn the 17th of July 1945, three leaders gathered at Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam to decide the fate of Europe. Joseph Stalin represented the Soviet Union…
  • Potsdam DeclarationHarry S. Truman stood on the steps of the Little White House in Potsdam, Germany, during July 1945. He held a document that would define the end of World War…
  • Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to GermanyOn the 1st of August 1945, the Potsdam Agreement established provisional terms for governing Germany after World War II.
  • Decolonisation of AsiaThe decline of Spain and Portugal in the 17th century paved the way for other European powers. The Netherlands, France, and England emerged as dominant…
  • Potsdam ConferenceThe Potsdam Conference opened on the 17th of July 1945 at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, near Berlin. Harry S. Truman had just assumed the presidency after Franklin…
  • CominformIn September 1947, delegates gathered in Szklarska Poręba, a small town in the Sudetes mountains of Poland. Joseph Stalin called this meeting to address…
  • Chinese Civil WarIn 1923, Sun Yat-sen and Soviet representative Adolph Joffe met in Shanghai to sign the Sun, Joffe Manifesto. This declaration pledged Soviet assistance for…
  • Korean WarOn the 10th of August 1945, Soviet forces entered northern Korea and secured most major cities by the 24th of August. US Colonels Dean Rusk and Charles H.
  • Iron CurtainTheater stages in the early twentieth century installed iron safety curtains to slow the spread of fire. This literal barrier became a metaphor for political…
  • Aftermath of World War IIIn 1945, the United States and the Soviet Union emerged from World War II as the world's two dominant powers. Their alliance had been forged to defeat Nazi…
  • Greek Civil WarIn April 1941, German forces advanced on Athens while King George II and his government fled to Egypt. They established a government-in-exile that lacked…
  • Treaty of Paris between Italy and the Allied PowersOn the 10th of February 1947, representatives from Italy and the Allied Powers gathered in Paris to sign a new treaty. This document formally ended World War…
  • Victory over Japan DayThe phrase Victory over Japan Day refers to three different calendar moments in 1945. August 15 marks the day Emperor Hirohito broadcast his surrender…
  • Trust Territory of the Pacific IslandsSpain first claimed the islands that would become the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Germany established competing claims over these same islands in…
  • KresyThe Polish word kresy means borderlands, derived from the singular form meaning edge. This term first appeared in literature during the 19th century within…