Cold War 1945-1961

Question 1

When was the Yalta Conference?

Answer 1

1945

Question 2

What was agreed at Yalta?

Answer 2

UN created, Germany split into 4, arguments over Poland’s borders, USSR to be a sphere of influence, war criminals to be persecuted

Question 3

Who was at Yalta?

Answer 3

Stalin- USSR, Churchill- UK, Roosevelt- USA

Question 4

When did war end in Europe?

Answer 4

May 1945

Question 5

When was the Potsdam Conference?

Answer 5

17th July- 2nd August 1945

Question 6

What was agreed at Potsdam?

Answer 6

Stalin was told about the atomic bomb, Yalta agreements were confirmed, Austria split into 4, reparations to be taken from zones, a lot of arguing

Question 7

Who was at Potsdam?

Answer 7

Stalin- USSR, Atley- UK, Truman- USA

Question 8

Where was Potsdam?

Answer 8

25km south of Berlin

Question 9

What happened to cause the end of WW2, when did it take place and how many were killed?

Answer 9

In August 1945 the USA dropped atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in Japan, 70,000 were killed instantly

Question 10

How much access did Stalin give to Berlin?

Answer 10

In 1945 there was 1 road, 1 railway and 3 air routes for each zone

Question 11

Which countries turned communist in 1945?

Answer 11

Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Yugoslavia, East Germany

Question 12

Which countries turned communist in 1947?

Answer 12

Hungry, Poland

Question 13

Which countries turned communist in 1948?

Answer 13

Czechoslovakia

Question 14

When was the ‘Iron Speech’ given, and by whom and where?

Answer 14

On 5th March 1946, Winston Churchill spoke in Missouri

Question 15

When was the Truman Doctrine announced?

Answer 15

May 1947

Question 16

Who did the Truman Doctrine help?

Answer 16

Greece, Turkey

Question 17

When was the Marshall Plan announced?

Answer 17

June 1947

Question 18

How much was the Marshall Plan going to cost?

Answer 18

$17 billion

Question 19

When did communists take over Czechoslovakia?

Answer 19

1948

Question 20

Which pro-America minister was killed?

Answer 20

Jon Masarylc

Question 21

When was the Deutschmark released?

Answer 21

18th June 1948

Question 22

What was Cominform and when was it set up?

Answer 22

It was the Communist Information Bureau and it was set up by Stalin in 1947

Question 23

What was the aim of Cominform?

Answer 23

To coordinate the work of the communist parties in Eastern Europe

Question 24

How many Russians were killed in WW2?

Answer 24

20 million

Question 25

When was the Berlin Blockade?

Answer 25

June 1948 to May 1949

Question 26

When was the Berlin Airlift?

Answer 26

June 1948 to May 1949

Question 27

How often did a plane land in the Berlin Airlift?

Answer 27

Every 3 minutes

Question 28

How many men died in the Berlin Airlift?

Answer 28

9

Question 29

How much did the Berlin Airlift cost?

Answer 29

$100 million

Question 30

Which operations took place during the Berlin Airlift?

Answer 30

Operation Vittles, Operation Little Vittles, Operation Plane Fare, Operation Santa Claus

Question 31

When was NATO set up?

Answer 31

April 1949

Question 32

When did Stalin die?

Answer 32

5th March 1953

Question 33

Who took over the USSR after Stalin’s death?

Answer 33

Khrushchev

Question 34

In what ways did the USA and USSR compete?

Answer 34

The space race, arms race, missile gap, bomber gap , sport, oil…

Question 35

When was the Warsaw Pact set up?

Answer 35

1955

Question 36

When was the Berlin Wall built?

Answer 36

1961