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| Nuremberg Trials | location of the trials of German leaders for war crimes including planning the war, the Holocaust, and other crimes against humanity. |
| Truman Doctrine | statement made by President Truman that the U.S. would aid any country resisting subjugation by outside forces. This was issued as a result of communist threats in Greece and Turkey and resulted in $400 million in aid for those nations. |
| Marshall Plan | also known as the European Recovery Plan (ERP), this provided $12 billion in aid to European nations if they agreed to drop trade restrictions on American products. This helped stop the spread of communism into Western Europe. |
| Berlin Blockade | Stalin's attempt to deny access to West Berlin to the U.S., Britain, and France by closing all roads, railroads, and waterways. This led to the Berlin crisis and the Berlin Airlift. |
| Berlin Airlift | Truman's response to Stalin's blockade of West Berlin. Over a 10 month period the Allies flew over 2 million tons of food, medicine, fuel, etc. into West Berlin until the Blockade was lifted. |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization | alliance led by the U.S. and including most of Western Europe that was designed to prevent communist expansion by all members pledging to come to the aid of any nation attacked. |
| Warsaw Pact | the Soviet led alliance system designed to maintain communist control over Eastern Europe and stop the spread of capitalism and democracy into that region. |
| Tokyo Trials | location where Japanese leaders were tried as war criminals for planning the war, the Bataan Death March, and other crimes against humanity. Seven were sentenced to death, including Gen Hidecki Tojo. |
