Cold War Dates Flashcards
1
Q
Tehran Conference
A
1943
2
Q
End of Second World War
A
1945
3
Q
Yalta Conference
A
February 1945
4
Q
Potsdam Conference
A
July - August 1945
5
Q
Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech
A
1946
6
Q
Truman Doctrine announced
A
1947
7
Q
Marshall Plan set up
A
1947
8
Q
Cominform set up
A
1947
9
Q
Berlin Blockade
A
1948
10
Q
Comecon established
A
1949
11
Q
NATO formed
A
1949
12
Q
United Nations (UN) founded
A
1945
13
Q
FDR and GDR established
A
1949
14
Q
North Korea invaded South Korea
A
1950
15
Q
Stalin died
A
1953
16
Q
Khrushchev becomes Soviet leader
A
1953
17
Q
Warsaw Pact formed
A
1955
18
Q
Hungarian Uprising
A
1956
19
Q
U2 Crisis
A
1960
20
Q
Paris Summit Meeting
A
1960
21
Q
Berlin Wall Built
A
1961
22
Q
Fidel Castro seizes power in Cuba
A
1959
23
Q
Bay of Pigs
A
April 1961
24
Q
Cuban Missile Crisis
A
1962
25
"Hotline" between USA and Soviet Union established
1963
26
Test Ban Treaty signed
1963
27
Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty
1968
