At the Yalta Meeting the Big Three agreed that the Germans' surrender needed

The United States was also keen to compromise with the Soviets because the US wanted help in defeating

At Potsdam the status of postwar Germany was finalized. The defeated nation was divided four ways among the three main powers and what country?

What German city in the Soviet zone was similarly divided by American, Britain, France, and the USSR?

German leaders would be tried and punished if found guilty which many eventually were at what series of trials?

This organization would adjudicate disputes and take collective action in case of aggression against threatened member states both through international economic sanctions and via a truly global armed force which never existed before.

Stalin got the group to agree that any permanent member of the Security Council would have what power?

Who are the permanent UN Security Council members with veto powers.

UN created many important documents and guidelines in its early history, perhaps most notably the

What are some reasons Soviet Union and the United States emerged as powerful military states replacing the dominance of western European nations in global politics?

What are some reasons the US emerged as a superpower?

How had the Soviet Union been affected by WWII?

What are some ways the US and USSR were immediately at odds with each other at the end of the war?

The United States began sending vast funds and goods to help war-torn nations in the west rebuild in what would be formalized as the

The Cold War is a simple as "east = communist, west - capitalist"

Did communist parties have some support in Europe at this time?

In an effort to fight back against the Marshall Plan Stalin used military force to cut off all aid to the western part of the German capital in an action known as?

The United States conducted Operation Vittles also known as the ____ to overcome Stalin's blockade of West Berlin

How was the Cold War depicted to the people of the east and west by their governments?

In 1949, communists under Mao Zedong this country became the largest communist country by population.

In 1949 Stalin opened a new series of ____ that targeted doctors charged with murdering citizens, Jews, and accused of disloyalty in newly communist Eastern European countries.

The massive hunt for communist in the US is often associated with which individual pictured here?

What event led to increased fears in the west?

Budgets for weapons and other military capacity soared in the 1950s, and then in 1957 the Soviets sent the satellite _____ into orbit around the earth, moving the Cold War into space.

In response, to Sputnik the United States launched a similar craft and also formed ____ to lead the American side in the space race.

West Germany became known as?

East Germany became known as?

The US bloc also created what organization in 1949 to bind together allies in Western Europe and in the world, such as Canada, to meet threats from the east?

In 1955, the Soviet bloc formed what alliance?

What are two examples of rebellions in the Soviet Union which did not see US intervention?

This types of "hot wars" occurred during the Cold War in places like Africa, Asia, and Latin America