THE COLD WAR

THE COLD WAR - PART 1: From World War to Cold War

Uploaded on Jun 10, 2009

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The epic struggle between Soviet communism and Western democracy and capitalism.

Part 1 - "From World War to Cold War"

1945. Potsdam, near Berlin, in defeated Germany. Truman, Churchill, and Stalin. The "Big Three" - allies in war, they would be rivals in the coming Cold War.

Harry S. Truman

good 10 minute documentary on Harry Truman

Today in 1945 Truman signed the U.N. Charter.

On this day in 1945, the United States joined the new United Nations when President Truman signed the U.N. Charter.
National Archives: Our Presidents

United Nations Charter

The Signing of the U.N. Charter (Youtube)

U.N. Charter