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1
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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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9
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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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12
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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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19
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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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20
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When was the Marshall Plan put into place? (month + year)

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June 1947

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21
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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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24
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When did Yugoslavia start accepting Marshall Aid? (year)

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1948

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25
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When was the Berlin Blockade put in place? (exact date)

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24th June 1948

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When did USA and Britain join their zones to become Bizonia and stop taking reparations? (year)

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1947

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When did West Germany start receiving Marshall Aid? (year)

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1948

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When was a new currency introduced into Bizonia? (exact date)

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23rd June 1948

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When was the first flight of the Berlin Airlift? (exact date)

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26th June 1948

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When did the Berlin Blockade end? (exact date)

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12th May 1949

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31
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When did the Berlin Airlift end? (exact date)

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12th May 1949

32
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When were the Chinese fighting their first civil war? (decade)

A

1920s

33
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When did the Chinese Civil War start up again after WW2? (year)

A

1946

34
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When did Mao proclaim the establishment of the PRC (having just won the civil war)? (month+year)

A

October 1949

35
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When did the USSR and China agree to the Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance? (month+year)

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February 1950

36
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When did North Korea invade South Korea? (month+year)

A

June 1950

37
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Between when did the stalemate in the Korean War exist? (years)

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1951-1953

38
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When did Eisenhower sign an agreement to end fighting in Korea? (month+year)

A

January 1953

39
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When were the French defeated by the Viet Minh? (year)

A

1954

40
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When did North Vietnam invade South Vietnam and take control of whole country? (year)

A

1975

41
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When was NATO formed? (month+year)

A

April 1949

42
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When was the Warsaw Pact formed? (year)

A

1955

43
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When did the USA launch the 1st atomic bomb? (year)

A

1945

44
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When did the USSR develop their own atomic bomb? (year)

How many years after the USA?

A

1949

4 years

45
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When did the USA develop the 1st hydrogen bomb? (year)

A

1952

46
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When did the USSR develop their own hydrogen bomb? (year)

How many years after the USA?

A

1953

1 year

47
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From when did the USA use U2 spy planes to check on Soviet military position? (year)

A

1957

48
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When did the USSR develop the 1st ICBM? (month+year)

A

May 1957

49
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When did the USSR launch the 1st satellite into space? (month+year)

A

October 1957

50
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When did USA launch their own 1st satellite into space? (month+year)
How many months after the USSR?

A

January 1958

3 months

51
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When did the 1st satellite (USSR’s) reach the moon? (month+year)

A

September 1959

52
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When did the 1st person (USSR) go into space? (month+year)

A

April 1961

53
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When did the USSR achieve the 1st space walk? (month+year)

A

March 1965

54
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When did the USA have the 1st man on the surface of the moon? (month+year)

A

July 1969

55
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When was the 1st Exploration of the Moon (USA)? (part of a decade)

A

Early 1970s

56
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What year was the Hungarian Uprising? (year)

A

1956

57
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When was Imre Nagy elected as PM in Hungary? (month+year)

A

October 1956

58
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When was a U2 plane shot down over USSR? (exact date)

A

1st May 1961

59
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When was the Berlin Wall built - barbed wire fence? (exact date)

A

13th August 1961

60
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When was the Berlin Wall made into a concrete wall? (exact date)

A

16th August 1961

61
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Between when was the Berlin Wall in place? (months+years)

A

August 1961 - November 1989

62
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When was the Berlin Wall taken down? (month+year)

A

November 1989

63
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When was the standoff at Checkpoint Charlie? (month+year)

A

October 1961

64
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When did Castro overthrow Batista and take over Cuba? (year)

A

1959

65
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When did Cuban exiles + USA bombers attempt to overthrow Castro at the Bay of Pigs? (month+year)

A

April 1961

66
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When did an American spy plane discover a missile site being built in Cuba? (exact date)

A

14th October 1962

67
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When did Kennedy put his naval blockade into place around Cuba? (exact date)

A

16th October 1962

68
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When was the Cuban Missile Crisis? (year)

A

1962

69
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When was a direct phone line set up between the White House and the Kremlin? (year)

A

1963

70
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When was the Brezhnev Doctrine made up? (exact date)

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3 August 1968

71
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When did the Brezhnev Doctrine remain in place until? (year)

A

1989

72
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When was the Prague Spring reforms put in place? (year)

A

1968

73
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When did the USSR invade Czechoslovakia after the Prague Spring reforms? (exact date)

A

20th August 1968

74
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Which decades did détente happen in?

A

Late 1960s - early 1970s

75
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When was the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty signed? (year)

A

1968

76
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When was the SALT agreement reached? (year)

A

1972

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