https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey Made with no regrets, whatsoever en-us 2021-04-30 13:26:31 UTC 2023-07-26 02:46:35 UTC hello@padlet.com direland478 https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1478095776 Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin to decide what would happen at the end of the war]]> 2021-04-30 13:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1478095776 direland478 https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1478104941 Churchill delivers his ‘Sinews of Peace’ speech which contain the famous phrase “..an iron curtain has descended on Europe”]]> 2021-04-30 13:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1478104941 direland478 https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1478119882 President Truman promised to help any country facing a Communist takeover]]> 2021-04-30 13:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1478119882 direland478 https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1478128881 Russia’s response to the merger of the French, USA and UK partitions of Berlin was to cut all road and rail links to that sector. This meant that those living in Western Berlin had no access to food supplies and faced starvation. Food was brought to Western Berliners by US and UK airplanes, an exercise known as the Berlin Airlift.]]> 2021-04-30 13:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1478128881 direland478 https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1478135175 The Korean war began when North Korea invaded South Korea.]]> 2021-04-30 13:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1478135175 direland478 https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1478147957 Joseph Stalin died at the age of 74. He was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev.]]> 2021-04-30 13:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1478147957 direland478 https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1485088924 This was a programme of economic aid offered by the United States to any European country. The plan was rejected outright by Stalin and any Eastern Bloc country considering accepting aid was reprimanded severely. Consequently the aid was only given to Western European Countries.]]> 2021-05-03 13:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1485088924 direland478 https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1485100365 This set of documents ended the French war with the Vietminh and divided Vietnam into North and South states. The communist leader of North Vietnam was Ho Chi Minh while the US friendly south was led by Ngo Dinh Diem.]]> 2021-05-03 13:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1485100365 direland478 https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1485110218 Russia ended the blockade of Berlin.]]> 2021-05-03 13:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1485110218 direland478 https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1485113226 USSR Sputnik II carried Laika the dog, the first living creature to go into space.]]> 2021-05-03 13:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/direland478/krgdymi5hk03kcey/wish/1485113226