Wartime alliance and its tensions
The "Grand Alliance"
The wartime conferences
The breakdown of the Grand Alliance
Soviet security concerns
Western reaction
The division of Europe
Germany divided
Alliance formation
The nuclear dimension
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Decolonization begins
Why European empires collapsed
Early independence movements
Primary sources
Winston Churchill, "Iron Curtain" speech (March 1946)
George Kennan, "The Long Telegram" (February 1946)
Joseph Stalin on postwar security (1946)
Key figures
Key events summary
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