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7. The Manhattan Project
 * President Roosevent died in 1945 April 12th
 * Truman shocked to learn that PDR had been constructing the atomic bomb in new mexico
 * The new creation may destroy mankind
 * The creation of the deadly bomb was code named the Manhattan project, originated in 1939 when President Roosevent was informed about some new finds in nuclear research
 * Without a doubt the new weapon would put any country far ahead in power
 * The project's first major step was in 1942, when a controlled nuclear reaction was created, and uranium and plutonium were able to be created as the bombs fuel
 * The largest step forward was the testing of atomic bombs in new mexico 1920s

8. Knowledge of the bomb
 * The British knew about the atomic bomb research, however the Soviets did not. They chose not to inform Stalin, and left him in the dark
 * Informing the Soviets about the bomb research would greatly help them create the bomb, however it was a great debate weather to tell them or not. As they felt that the soviets, being communist should not be trusted
 * Wanting to scare the countries, and stop the war the demonstration of the dropping of the bomb may stop the japanese from fighting the war, and also scare other countries from picking fights with them
 * Hiroshima and Nagasaki were targeted for the dropping of the bomb because the Japanese did not surrender
 * The bomb dropped had stopped many wars and upcoming battles

9. Potsdam
 * Truman went to Potsdam Berlin to meet with Churchill and Stalin
 * Many of the discussion on Germany, however Truman talked much about the plan to invade japan, and useing the atomic bombs
 * Stalin promised to enter the Pacific war, and also informed the Allies that the Japanese had been sending peace overtures to them. The Americans already knew this, having broken the japanese code.
 * Stalin changed his mind about joining the Pacific war, after anticipating that the atomic bomb would do the job
 * Not surprised, the soviets agreed with the dropping of the bomb, Stalin had already known about the atomic bomb project from his spies
 * Americans still question the mistrust of Soviets.

10. Containment
 * After bombing Japan in August 1945, the alliance between the soviets and americans broke completely
 * USSR annexed the Baltic states Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia
 * Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Belgium and Albania all became soviet satellites
 * Kennan's view - postwar USSR goals - create a good security around homeland, and spreading communism
 * Kennan predicts that if the US kept some counter pressure to the Soviet actions, a cold war would not be needed to end the Soviets.

11. The Truman Doctrine
 * Truman realized that it was impossible to take back the land which the Soviets had already taken over
 * Soviets, now having much of the power were looking to expand
 * Many smaller countries around Russia were being pressured to giving them parts of their land for the country's benefits
 * Now taking over Greece and Turkey, only the US are the ones able to stop Russia.
 * Realizing that the USSR taking over Greece and Turkey and causing them to fall would cause a domino effect, causing many other countries to fall with them
 * Truman decides to present his speech on march 12, which also looked to aiding Greece and Turkey, causing a threat to the communist country. The speech is known as Truman's Doctrine

12. Disarray in postwar europe
 * January 1947, 2 months before the Doctrine speech US, British, French and the soviets gathered to discuss what they would do with Germany
 * Agreed that Germans would be reunified under a freely elected government, however France and Soviets felt uneasy about this
 * In the end not much was decided on what to do with Germany
 * Western europe was poor, due to all the bombing of wars destroying large important cities
 * Many factories that lived lacked much of its supplies, and many people did not have jobs. Some who did were still lacking shortages of food etc