WW2

WW2

Antecedent
1. WW1 (1914-1918)
  1. Paris Conference (1919)
    1. Victory for the Allies; Germany humilliated
  2. Concluded with:
Economic Reconstruction
1. Bretton Woods Conference (1944)
  1. New exchange rate system
2. Marshall Plan (1947)
  1. US aided European nations to recovery
During the war:
1. Moscow Conference (1943)
  1. Determination to defeat the Axis
After the war:
1. Creation of the United Nations (1945)
  1. Security Council
    1. To maintain international peace and security
  2. Equivalent to the League of Nations (1920)
    1. US, UK, USSR, France and China + 50
2. Doctrines
  1. Truman Doctrine (1947)
    1. "Warning" of the US against Soviets
    2. Tensions of the Cold War
  2. Jdanov Doctrine (1946)
    1. Divided the world between the US and USSR
3. Alliances:
  1. NATO (1949)
    1. Military alliance to counterweight the Soviet armies
      1. Created by the Allies and other nations
  2. Warsaw Pact (1955)
    1. Response to the creation of NATO and West Germany remilitarization
    2. Leaded by the USSR
      1. Controlling armies of its European Satellites
4. Kominform (1947-1956)
  1. Information agency among European Communist parties
    1. Created by Stalin

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