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Tehran

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1943

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Yalta

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February 1945

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Potsdam

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August 1945

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The Communist Party take control of Hungary

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1945

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The Long Telegram

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February 1946

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The Novikov Telegram

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September 1946

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Creation of the Eastern Bloc

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1945 - 1948

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The Truman Doctrine

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1947

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The Marshall Plan

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1947

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Cominform

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1947

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Comecon

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1949

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How much money did the USA give to European countries in Marshall Aid?

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$13 billion

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Berlin Blockade

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1948-1949

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How long did the Berlin Blockade last?

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Nearly a year

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How many weeks of food and fuel did the inhabitants of West Berlin have at the time of the Berlin Blockade?

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6 weeks

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How much supplies were delivered during the Berlin Airlift?

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2.3 million tonnes

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Formation of NATO

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1949

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Formation of the Warsaw Pact

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1955

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Stalin’s death

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1953

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Khrushchev announces his process of destalinisation

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1956

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The Hungarian Uprising

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1956

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How many Soviet troops were sent to Hungary?

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6000 tanks and 200000 soldiers

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How many refugees fled Hungary?

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200000

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Cuban Revolution

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1950s

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Castro begins his guerrilla war against Batista
1956
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Khrushchev's Ultimatum
1958
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How many East Germans crossed into West Berlin?
100000 between 1955 and 1960
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Castro takes power
1st January 1959
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Geneva Summit
May 1959
30
Paris Summit
May 1960
31
Vienna Summit
June 1961
32
The Berlin Wall
1961
33
How long was the Berlin Wall?
43km
34
How many East Germans died trying to cross the Berlin Wall?
41
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USA places an embargo on Cuba
1961
36
Bay of Pigs
1961
37
How many exiles died during the Bay of Pigs?
200
38
How far was Cuba from the US coast?
150km
39
Cuban Missile Crisis
1962
40
Kennedy visits West Berlin
1963
41
The Limited Test Ban Treaty
1963
42
The Outer Space Treaty
1967
43
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
1968
44
The Prague Spring
1968
45
The Brezhnev Doctrine
1968
46
Détente
1970s
47
The Nixon Doctrine
1969
48
SALT I
1972
49
The Helsinki Accords
1975
50
How many countries attended the Helsinki Accords?
35
51
SALT II
1979
52
The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
1979
53
How many troops did the Soviets send into Afghanistan?
85000
54
How many Soviet troops died in Afghanistan?
15000
55
The Moscow Olympics
1980
56
How many countries boycotted the Moscow Olympics?
The USA and 61 other countries
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The election of Ronald Reagan
1980
58
How much did US defence spending increase by after Reagan was elected?
13%
59
The LA Olympics
1984
60
How many countries boycotted the LA Olympics?
The USSR and 13 other Eastern Bloc countries
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The Reagan Doctrine
1985
62
Gorbachev comes to power
1985
63
INF Treaty
1987
64
The Sinatra Doctrine
1989
65
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
1989
66
The collapse of Soviet control in Eastern Europe
1989-1990
67
The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia
1990
68
The Collapse of the Soviet Union
1990-1991
69
The attempted coup on Gorbachev
1991
70
The end of the Cold War
1991

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