Origins of the Cold War & Cold War crises (chapter 1 & 2) Flashcards
Teach you the events from 1941-58 (37 cards)
1
Q
Second world war
A
1939
2
Q
Grand alliance (US, Britain, Soviet Union)
A
1941
3
Q
Germany invades Soviet Union
A
1941
4
Q
Tehran conference
A
1943
5
Q
Yalta conference
A
1945
6
Q
Potsdam conference
A
1945
7
Q
First successful US atomic bomb test
A
1945
8
Q
USA detonates atomic bombs over Japan
A
1945
9
Q
End of the Second World War
A
1945
10
Q
Churchills iron curtain speech
A
1946
11
Q
George Kennan’s long telegram
A
1946
12
Q
The Novikov telegram
A
1946
13
Q
Truman doctrine
A
1947
14
Q
Marshall plan announced
A
1947
15
Q
Formation of Cominform
A
1947
16
Q
Communist government in Poland
A
1947
17
Q
Berlin Blockade
A
1948
18
Q
Communist government in Czechoslovakia
A
1948
19
Q
Formation of the Federal republic of Germany
A
1949
20
Q
NATO set up
A
1949
21
Q
Formation of German Democratic Republic
A
1949
22
Q
Comecon set up
A
1949
23
Q
Formation of Warsaw Pact
A
1955
24
Q
Hungarian Uprising
A
1956
25
Socialist revolution in Cuba overthrows President Batista
1959
26
Geneva Summit
1959
27
Camp David summit
1959
28
Bay of pigs incident
1961
29
Vienna summit
1961
30
Berlin Wall built
1961
31
Cuban missile crisis
1962
32
President Kennedy visits Berlin
1963
33
Limited Test Ban treaty
1963
34
Outer Space treaty
1967
35
Nuclear non proliferation treaty
1968
36
Brezhnev doctrine
1968
37
Warsaw Pact troops put down Prague Spring
1968
