Yalta Conference
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held from February 4 to 11 in Yalta, USSR, 1945; FDR, Churchill and Stalin met to discuss Europe's postwar reorganization
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De Gaulle never forgave the Americans for having denied France a place at the victors' table in the closing stages of the Second World War, especially at the Yalta meetings between Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin.
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De Gaulle never forgave the Americans for having denied France a place at the victors' table in the closing stages of the Second World War, especially at the Yalta meetings between Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin.
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Speech of Hope
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or "Restatement of Policy on Germany"; delivered in Stuttgart on Sept 6, 1947 by James F. Byrnes, the US Secretary of State; set the tone of future US policy as it repudiated the Morgenthau Plan economic policies and with its message of a change to a policy of economic reconstruction gave the Germans hope for the future
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his Speech of Hope--a significant restatement of America's policy on Germany. Until then the Allies had been united in their commitment to convert 'Germany into a country primarily agricultural and pastoral in character'.
incidentally, isn't it inherently fucked up that the Allies thought they had the right to do that
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his Speech of Hope--a significant restatement of America's policy on Germany. Until then the Allies had been united in their commitment to convert 'Germany into a country primarily agricultural and pastoral in character'.
incidentally, isn't it inherently fucked up that the Allies thought they had the right to do that
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Paris Commune
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a radical socialist and revolutionary government that ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871. Following the defeat of Emperor Napoleon III in September 1870, the French Second Empire collapsed, and the French Third Republic rose up in its place (initially intended as a provisional government but it ended up lasting until 1940) to continue the war with Prussia, which resulted in a 4-month-long siege of Paris (ending Jan 28), which laid the groundwork for the Commune
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France's government army was entering the French capital to commence a pitiless battle against the revolutionaries of the Paris Commune
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France's government army was entering the French capital to commence a pitiless battle against the revolutionaries of the Paris Commune
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linchpin
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(noun) a locking pin inserted crosswise (as through the end of an axle or shaft) / (noun) one that serves to hold together parts or elements that exist or function as a unit
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The Bretton Woods system, already set out in 1944, posited the dollar as the sole linchpin holding together the edifice of global trade and finance.
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The Bretton Woods system, already set out in 1944, posited the dollar as the sole linchpin holding together the edifice of global trade and finance.
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bucolic
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(adjective) of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen; pastoral / (adjective) relating to or typical of rural life / (adjective) idyllic
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It was not for humanitarian motives that Washington decided to spare Germany a return to a bucolic past.
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It was not for humanitarian motives that Washington decided to spare Germany a return to a bucolic past.
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indelibly
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in a way that cannot be removed or forgotten
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Greece's sordid 1946-9 civil war, which left every Greek family I know indelibly marked
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Greece's sordid 1946-9 civil war, which left every Greek family I know indelibly marked
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Truman Doctrine
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an American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War; announced March 12, 1947 and further developed on July 12, 1948 when Truman pledged to contain Soviet threats to Greece and Turkey
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The Truman Doctrine, announced by President Truman on 12 March 1947, focused on winning Greece for the West but, more importantly, constituted the president's unofficial declaration of the cold war.
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The Truman Doctrine, announced by President Truman on 12 March 1947, focused on winning Greece for the West but, more importantly, constituted the president's unofficial declaration of the cold war.
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a debt relief treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and creditor nations; signed in London on February 27, 1953, and came into force on September 16, 1953
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a conference convened by Americans to reach the so-called London Debt Agreement [...] Nations and private creditors owed money by the German state and by German corporations were persuaded to write off more than 70per cent of the money they were due.
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a conference convened by Americans to reach the so-called London Debt Agreement [...] Nations and private creditors owed money by the German state and by German corporations were persuaded to write off more than 70per cent of the money they were due.
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formally established in 1951 by the Treaty of Paris, signed by Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Luxembourg; set up to regulate their industrial production under a centralised authority (but really to prevent war between France and Germany); eventually became the EU (sorta)
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In 1950 the European Union was officially born in the form of a German-dominated coal and steel cartel, run of course by a cross-border French dominated administration located in Brussels. Its name? The European Coal and Steel Community.
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In 1950 the European Union was officially born in the form of a German-dominated coal and steel cartel, run of course by a cross-border French dominated administration located in Brussels. Its name? The European Coal and Steel Community.
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trammeled
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(verb) to catch or hold in or as if in a net; enmesh / (verb) to prevent or impede the free play of; confine
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French farmers [...] did not like the idea of untrammelled competition from imported milk, cheese, and wine
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French farmers [...] did not like the idea of untrammelled competition from imported milk, cheese, and wine
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