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Tehran conference Date

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1943

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Tehran conference info

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Eastern Europe would have free elections
Disagreed on Poland

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Yalta conference date

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1945 February

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Yalta conference information

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Germany split into 4 zones

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Potsdam date

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August 1945

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Potsdam information

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Germany should remain weak after war

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First atomic bomb date

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1945

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First atomic bomb info

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USA used atomic bomb on japan.

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How did USSR react to atmic bomb

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Created buffer zone
Created arms race
Made the USSR to start researching their own atomic bomb

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Long telegram and novikov

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Long: Trying to stop communism from spreading
Novikov: Trying to stop America

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Iron Curtain speech

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referring to the split of eastern and western

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Satellite Stares

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USSR using violence and rigged elections to take control of Eastern EU states

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Truman doctorine 1947

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gave 400 million to greece and turkey to stop communism spreading

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Marshall Plan 1947

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Rebuild Germany and gave 15 billion spread out for any nation who applied for it
Reduce appeal of communism
Weaken Soviet control over Eastern EU

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Stalins reaction to marshall Plan

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Stalin thought USA was trying to make capitalism look great

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Cominform

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Made Eastern EU countries work together with Stalin

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Comiform date

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1947

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Comecon date

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1949

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Comecon info

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Eastern EU countries not trade with west

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Berlin blackade date

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1948-49

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Berlin Crisis/Blockade

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Stalin built wall with population have 6 weeks of food left.

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How did USA respond to Berlin Crisis

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Airlift, flew in 2.3 million tons of food and supplies.
More than 278000 airdrops. 79 pilots died. 318 days

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Causes of berlin blockade

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Britain, France and USA intrduced new currency called Deutsch mark to rebuild economy

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Hungarian Uprising date

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1956

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Hungarian uprising causes
Poverty, religion, russian control, help from west
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Hungarian uprising info
Students rioting by smashing statue of stalin. Nagy took over and introduced freedom of religion and speech and leave warsaw pact 1000 russian tanks came to execute nagy. 4000 hungarians died. Khruschev put kadar as prime minister
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Concequences of Hungarian uprising
West horrified, 20000 hugnaries fled to Austria
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Berlin Crisis date
1961
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Berlin crisis causes
2.7 million people left to go to west, many skilled. Khruschev gave USA 6 months to sin ultimatum to get out of berlin or go war
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Geneva date
1959
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Camp david date
1961
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Camp david info
Negotiations with USSR
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Geneva info
negotiations with USSR
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Paris date
1960
35
Paris info
U-2 spy plane shot and gary snitched on USA
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What happened during berlin crisis
movement between east and west stopped
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Consequences of berlin crisis
Western given propaganda victory Wall become symbol of division 5000 people managed to escape when wall came down
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Fidel castro took power date
1959, batista overthrown
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why didnt USA like Cuba and what did they do
they were communist, and they stopped buying sugar
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Bay of Pigs crisis date
1961
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Bay of pigs info
America sent 1400 exiles to overthrow castro, but failed and USSR shipped weapons to cuba
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Events of 13 days
kennedy removes missiles from turkey if cuba missiles removed
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Outcomes of CMC
Hotline set up so they can speak Kennedy "became hero" Khruschev failed
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Czechoslovakia date
1968
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Prague Spring causes
Ducek took control of czechoslovakia and introduced no censorship
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soviet response to prague spring
Invaded czechoslovakia
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Consequences of prague spring
Dubcek arrested then taken back to prague which he was removed 1969
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Brezhnev doctorine
no one leaves soviet sphere of influence
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Brezhnev doctorine date
1969
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Outer space treaty date
1967
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Outer space treaty info
no nuclear weapons in space
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Nuclear non-proliferation treaty date
1968
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty info
no countries supply weapons to other countries
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SALT 1 date
1972
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SALT 1 info
limits nuclear weapons
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Helsinki date
1975
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Helsinki info security
Recognised EU borders
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Helsinki info cooperation
closer economical links
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Helsinki conference human rights
citizens can vote without being scared
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Apollo-Soyuz date
1975
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Apollo-Soyuz info
Joint mission for austronauts to link in space
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SALT 2
Never ratified, limit rockets to 2400
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Invasion of Afghanistan date
1979
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Invasion of afghanistan causes
Taraki takes over, dies and amin takes over USSR dont trust amin, thinks hes a spy, USSR kill amin and make karmal president
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What did USA do after invasion of afghanistan?
Supplied mujahedeen weapons e.g. stinger missile
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consequences of invasion of afghanistan
ended detente, stopped exportation of grain to USSR, boycotted 1980 olympics
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Carter doctorine info
Doesnt allow USSR to gain control of oil-rich middle east
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carter doctorine date
January 23 1980
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SDI aka star wars date
1983
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SDI info
creates lazar that shoots missiles from space
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START date
1982
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START info
demanded huge cuts in soviet nuclear capability
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Gorbachev date
1985
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Gorbachev info
Reduce defense spending avoid danger of nuclear war withdrew soviet troopls from afghanistan

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