Cold war dates

Question 1

When was the truman doctrine?

Answer 1

1947

Question 2

When did the Russian red arm occupy eastern Europe?

Answer 2

1945

Question 3

What happened in AUG 1945? (2 things)

Answer 3

The dropping of the atomic bomb/Germany divided into 4 zones

Question 4

When was the Marshall plan?

Answer 4

1947

Question 5

What was the Marshall plan and how much money was it?

Answer 5

It is money the USA offered countries in Europe to stop the spread of communism. It was $13 billion

Question 6

Why did Stalin create the iron curtain?

Answer 6

Because he wanted to completely shut the West out. To stop trade, tourism and just generally cripple the West.

Question 7

When did Romania, Hungary and Poland all turn communist after ‘free elections’?

Answer 7

1947

Question 8

Why did the formation of trizonia create tension and when was it?

Answer 8

Stalin believed that france, britain and the USA were ganging up against him and that they were preparing an attack. In 1947

Question 9

When was the Paris conference?

Answer 9

1948

Question 10

when did Czechoslovakia fall to communism?

Answer 10

1948

Question 11

what happened in June 1948

Answer 11

Stalin starts the Berlin blockade

Question 12

which month and year was the airlift and How many tonnes of supplies were lifted in in this month?

Answer 12

In 1949(JAN) 170,000 tonnes of supplies were airlifted

Question 13

when was Comecon established and why?

Answer 13

1949 and it was set up to co-odenate the countries in com inform’s economies

Question 14

Who was appointed as Hungary’s dictator in 1949?

Answer 14

Rakosi

Question 15

When was NATO established and what was it aimed to do?

Answer 15

In 1949 (APRIL) NATO was established. This was due to the West being very wary of the USSR and they needed protection so a group of countries joined NATO and agreed to protect each other.

Question 16

When did Stalin call of the blockade?

Answer 16

1949(MAY)

Question 17

When did the USSR successfully test their atomic bomb?

Answer 17

1949 (AUG)

Question 18

When was West Germany(FDR) officially created?

Answer 18

1949(SEPT)

Question 19

When was East Germany(GDR) officially created?

Answer 19

1949(OCT)

Question 20

When did China fall to communism?

Answer 20

1949(OCT)

Question 21

When was the Korean war?

Answer 21

June 1950 - July 1953

Question 22

when did the Chinese get involved in the Korean war?

Answer 22

1950 November

Question 23

When did both superpowers have the hydrogen bomb?

Answer 23

1953

Question 24

When did Stalin die?

Answer 24

1953

Question 25

When were the demonstrations in East Berlin put down?

Answer 25

1953

Question 26

When was the Warsaw pact created?

Answer 26

1955

Question 27

When was Khrushchev's secret speech about peaceful co-existance?

Answer 27

1956(MARCH)

Question 28

How do you spell the Russian's leader's name (the one after Stalin?

Answer 28

K-H-R-U-S-H-C-H-E-V

Question 29

When was the Hungarian uprising?

Answer 29

OCT-NOV 1956

Question 30

When did Kadar become Hungarian's leader?

Answer 30

late 1956

Question 31

When was Sputnik-1 launched?

Answer 31

1957

Question 32

When was Nagy executed?

Answer 32

1958

Question 33

When did Khrushchev demand that Western troops to leave Berlin within 6 months?

Answer 33

1958(NOV)

Question 34

When did Khrushchev and Eisenhower meet in Geneva?

Answer 34

1959

Question 35

When did Khrushchev visit America?

Answer 35

1959

Question 36

When did Fidel Castro lead the Cuban revolution and overthrow Batista?

Answer 36

1959

Question 37

Who was sympathetic to the USA- Fidel Castro or Batista?

Answer 37

Batista

Question 38

When was the U2 spy plane shot down?

Answer 38

May 1960

Question 39

Who was the pilot for the U2 spy plane that was shot down?

Answer 39

GARY POWERS

Question 40

When was the Paris peace conference?

Answer 40

1960(MAY)

Question 41

How many refugees left East Germany to move to the West?

Answer 41

2.7 million

Question 42

When was the refugee crisis?

Answer 42

1949-1961

Question 43

When did America break of diplomatic relations with Cuba?

Answer 43

1961(JAN)

Question 44

When did US forces attack the bay of pigs?

Answer 44

1961(APRIL)

Question 45

When was the Berlin wall built?

Answer 45

12th August 1961

Question 46

When was the stand off at checkpoint Charlie?

Answer 46

27th October 1961

Question 47

When did the USSR announce they would supply Cuba with arms?

Answer 47

1962(MAY)

Question 48

When did a Us spy plane take photos of nuclear sites in Cuba?

Answer 48

14th October 1962

Question 49

When were the '13 days'?

Answer 49

16th October-28th October 1962

Question 50

when did Kennedy decide to implement a naval blockade?

Answer 50

20th October 1962

Question 51

When did Khrushchev accept the secret deal?

Answer 51

28th October 1962

Question 52

What was the secret deal that Kennedy made with Khrushchev?

Answer 52

That USSR would take the missiles out of Cuba if USA took their missiles out of Turkey. Also that USA taking the missiles out of Turkey would be a secret.

Question 53

When was the hotline established?

Answer 53

1963(JUNE)

Question 54

When did Kennedy visit Berlin?

Answer 54

193(JUNE)

Question 55

When as the limited Test ban treaty?

Answer 55

1963(AUG)

Question 56

When did France leave NATO?

Answer 56

1966

Question 57

When was Détente?

Answer 57

1970s