Conflict and Tension between East and West Flashcards
(31 cards)
1
Q
1917
A
Russian Revolution
2
Q
August 1914
A
Germany invades Russia
3
Q
1918
A
Allied forces intervene during Russian Civil War
4
Q
June 1941
A
Germany invades USSR
5
Q
Feb 1944
A
Yalta Conference
6
Q
July 1945
A
Potsdam Conference
7
Q
August 1945
A
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
8
Q
March 1946
A
Iron Curtain Speech
9
Q
February 1946
A
George Kennan’s Long Telegram
10
Q
Sept 1946
A
Novikov telegram
11
Q
March 1947
A
Truman Doctrine, after British call for support in Greece
12
Q
1946-7
A
Salami tactics
13
Q
1948-53
A
Marshall Plan
14
Q
1947
A
Cominform
15
Q
1949
A
Comecon
16
Q
June 1948-May 1949
A
Berlin Blockade/Airlift
17
Q
1927
A
War in China
18
Q
1928
A
Chiang Kai-Shek captures Beijing
19
Q
1927-1934
A
Encirclement campaigns
20
Q
1934
A
Long March
21
Q
1937
A
Japan invades China
22
Q
1949 China
A
CPC captures Beijing
23
Q
1950-3
A
Korean War
24
Q
1948
A
North and South Korea established
25
1954 Vietnam
France withdraw from Vietnam, defeated by Viet Minh
26
July 1954 Vietnam
Geneva meeting, divide Vietnam along 17th parallel
27
Early 1950s
Domino theory
28
December 1960
Vietcong (alliance of North Vietnamese groups) set up
29
1945-53
Truman presidency
30
1953-60
Eisenhower presidency
31
1960-November 63
Kennedy presidency
