Cold war key dates/figures 1945-1954 Flashcards
1
Q
When was Yalta?
Truman Stalin Atlee
A
FEB 1945
2
Q
When was Potsdam?
Roosevelt Stalin Churchill
A
JULY 1945
3
Q
When were the nukes dropped on Japan?
A
1945
4
Q
When was kennans “long telegram”
A
1946
5
Q
When was Churchill’s Iron curtain speech?
A
1946
6
Q
When did the Truman doctorine and marshall plan begin?
A
1947 and 1948 respectivly.
7
Q
When was the Berlin Blockade and Airlift?
A
1948
8
Q
When was Nato formed?
A
APR 1949
9
Q
When did Berlin Blockade end
A
May 1949
10
Q
When did the USSR first drop an atomic bomb?
A
Aug 1949
11
Q
When did the communists win the Chinese civil war?
A
1949
12
Q
When did N KOREA invade S KOREA?
When did the Korean war end?
A
summer 1950
1953
13
Q
When was Eisenhower elected president?
A
Nov 1952
14
Q
-info chjna
A
March 1953
15
Q
How many soviets died in WW2
A
25 million!
