WW2 And Its Aftermath Flashcards
The military alliance the Soviet Union formed
Warsaw Pact
A military alliance of the United States Canada and nine European countries
NATO
A US aid package to Western European countries
Marshall plan
The city in which Nazi leaders were tried for their crimes during the war
Nuremberg
A state of tension after World War II
Cold War
What important principle did the Nuremberg trials demonstrate
That national leaders could be held accountable for wartime actions
Members of which body of the United Nations were given veto rights over decisions
The Security Council
What did the Truman doctrine state
That the United States would help resist communism
Which statement best describes Germany in the late 1940s and 50s
West Germany was democratic and East Germany was under Stalin