Cold War- End of CW 1979-1999 General timeline Flashcards
(21 cards)
When did Mikhail Gorbachev become general secretary of the communist party?
March 1985
When did Gorbachev and Reagan meet in Geneva?
November 1985
When was the INF treaty signed?
What did it do
December 1987
Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty
Both sides destroyed their land based short and medium range nuclear missiles and allowed the other to check the missiles and oversee their destruction.
When were Soviet troops fully withdrawn from Afghanistan?
February 1989
When did Hungary open its border with Austria?
May 1989
When were the elections in Poland that saw Solidarity take control?
June 1989
When was the Berlin Wall opened?
November 1989
When was the Velvet revolution?
1989
When was the Romanian revolution?
December 1989
Who was elected as President of Czechoslovakia after the Velvet Revolution?
Vaclav Havel
When were the democratic elections in East Germany?
March 1990
When was the reunification of East and West Germany?
October 1990
Who was elected President of Poland after Solidarity took power?
Lech Walsea
When did Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia?
June 1991
When did Communist hard-liners attempt to seize power in Moscow under Gorbachev?
August 1991
When did war breakout between Croatia and Serbia?
June 1991
When did Bosnia declare independence from Yugoslavia?
March 1992
When did Serbian forces invade Bosnia?
March 1992
When was the Srebrencia massacre?
July 1995
When did NATO launch a large-scale bombing campaign against Serbian forces in Bosnia?
August 1995
When did the Dayton Accords end the war in Yugoslavia?
December 1995
