1945-1949 dates Flashcards
(32 cards)
long telegram sent
22 feb 1946
truman’s speech outlining the truman doctrine
12 March 1947
truman DOB and DOD
1884-1972
truman elected US vice president
november 1944
truman served as senator of missouri
1925-1935
Greece was in a civil war
1947
marshall plan introduced
june 1947
george marshall DOB and DOD
1880-1959
George Marshall became secretary of state
1947
marshall won the nobel peace prize
1953
marshall resigned as secretary of state
1949
marshall becomes secretary of defence
1950
Yugoslavia became an independent communist state
1948
At a conference in London, the western allies decided to unite their sectors of Germany and introduce a new currency to west Germany and West Berlin
March 1948
The mini blockade begins
April 1948
Berlin Blockade begins
24 June 1948
West introduced a counter-blockade
24 June 1948
Berlin airlift starts
26 June 1948
The West launched the ‘Easter Parade’
15 April 1949
Stalin ordered the end of the Berlin blockade
12 May 1949
Federal Republic Germany was created
23 May 1949
German Democratic Republic was created
October 1949
When was NATO created
April 1949
Chinese revolution
1949
