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When was the Yalta Conference? (exact dates)

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4th-11th February 1945

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When was the Potsdam Conference? (time of month+year)

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End of July 1945

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When was the Potsdam Agreement signed? (month+year)

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August 1945

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When did the USA drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima? (exact date)

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6th August 1945

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When did the USA drop an atomic bomb on Nagasaki? (exact date)

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9th August 1945

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When did Japan surrender (after 2 atomic bombs)? (exact date)

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2nd September 1945

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When was Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech? (month+year)

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March 1946

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When were elections rigged in Bulgaria? (year)

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(November) 1945

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When were elections rigged in Poland? (year)

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(January) 1947

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When were elections rigged in Hungary? (year)

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(August) 1947

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When were elections rigged in Czechoslovakia? (year)

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1948

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When was the monarchy abolished in Bulgaria? (year)

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(September) 1946

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When was a coalition government dominated by communists set up in Romania? (time of year)

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Late 1944

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When was the monarchy abolished in Romania? (year)

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1947

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When did an exclusively communist government take power in Hungary? (season+year)

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Autumn 1947

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When were all communist parties banned in Hungary? (year)

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(November) 1947

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When was a coalition government set up in Czechoslovakia? (just year)

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1945

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18
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When did communists violently seize power in Czechoslovakia? (just year)

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1947

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When was the Truman Doctrine made up and put into place? (year)

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1947

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When was the Marshall Plan put into place? (month + year)

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June 1947

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When was Cominform set up? (month+year)

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September 1947

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When was Comecon set up? (month+year)

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January 1949

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When did Yugoslavia turn communist? (year)

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1946

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When did Yugoslavia start accepting Marshall Aid? (year)

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1948

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When was the Berlin Blockade put in place? (exact date)
24th June 1948
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When did USA and Britain join their zones to become Bizonia and stop taking reparations? (year)
1947
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When did West Germany start receiving Marshall Aid? (year)
1948
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When was a new currency introduced into Bizonia? (exact date)
23rd June 1948
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When was the first flight of the Berlin Airlift? (exact date)
26th June 1948
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When did the Berlin Blockade end? (exact date)
12th May 1949
31
When did the Berlin Airlift end? (exact date)
12th May 1949
32
When were the Chinese fighting their first civil war? (decade)
1920s
33
When did the Chinese Civil War start up again after WW2? (year)
1946
34
When did Mao proclaim the establishment of the PRC (having just won the civil war)? (month+year)
October 1949
35
When did the USSR and China agree to the Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance? (month+year)
February 1950
36
When did North Korea invade South Korea? (month+year)
June 1950
37
Between when did the stalemate in the Korean War exist? (years)
1951-1953
38
When did Eisenhower sign an agreement to end fighting in Korea? (month+year)
January 1953
39
When were the French defeated by the Viet Minh? (year)
1954
40
When did North Vietnam invade South Vietnam and take control of whole country? (year)
1975
41
When was NATO formed? (month+year)
April 1949
42
When was the Warsaw Pact formed? (year)
1955
43
When did the USA launch the 1st atomic bomb? (year)
1945
44
When did the USSR develop their own atomic bomb? (year) | How many years after the USA?
1949 | 4 years
45
When did the USA develop the 1st hydrogen bomb? (year)
1952
46
When did the USSR develop their own hydrogen bomb? (year) | How many years after the USA?
1953 | 1 year
47
From when did the USA use U2 spy planes to check on Soviet military position? (year)
1957
48
When did the USSR develop the 1st ICBM? (month+year)
May 1957
49
When did the USSR launch the 1st satellite into space? (month+year)
October 1957
50
When did USA launch their own 1st satellite into space? (month+year) How many months after the USSR?
January 1958 | 3 months
51
When did the 1st satellite (USSR’s) reach the moon? (month+year)
September 1959
52
When did the 1st person (USSR) go into space? (month+year)
April 1961
53
When did the USSR achieve the 1st space walk? (month+year)
March 1965
54
When did the USA have the 1st man on the surface of the moon? (month+year)
July 1969
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When was the 1st Exploration of the Moon (USA)? (part of a decade)
Early 1970s
56
What year was the Hungarian Uprising? (year)
1956
57
When was Imre Nagy elected as PM in Hungary? (month+year)
October 1956
58
When was a U2 plane shot down over USSR? (exact date)
1st May 1961
59
When was the Berlin Wall built - barbed wire fence? (exact date)
13th August 1961
60
When was the Berlin Wall made into a concrete wall? (exact date)
16th August 1961
61
Between when was the Berlin Wall in place? (months+years)
August 1961 - November 1989
62
When was the Berlin Wall taken down? (month+year)
November 1989
63
When was the standoff at Checkpoint Charlie? (month+year)
October 1961
64
When did Castro overthrow Batista and take over Cuba? (year)
1959
65
When did Cuban exiles + USA bombers attempt to overthrow Castro at the Bay of Pigs? (month+year)
April 1961
66
When did an American spy plane discover a missile site being built in Cuba? (exact date)
14th October 1962
67
When did Kennedy put his naval blockade into place around Cuba? (exact date)
16th October 1962
68
When was the Cuban Missile Crisis? (year)
1962
69
When was a direct phone line set up between the White House and the Kremlin? (year)
1963
70
When was the Brezhnev Doctrine made up? (exact date)
3 August 1968
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When did the Brezhnev Doctrine remain in place until? (year)
1989
72
When was the Prague Spring reforms put in place? (year)
1968
73
When did the USSR invade Czechoslovakia after the Prague Spring reforms? (exact date)
20th August 1968
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Which decades did détente happen in?
Late 1960s - early 1970s
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When was the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty signed? (year)
1968
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When was the SALT agreement reached? (year)
1972

HISTORY: The Cold War (5 decks)

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