cold war - development of cold war 1950:1961 Flashcards
when did nk invade sk
25 jun 1950
when did un approve of sending army to help sk
july 1950
when did china get invovled in the korean war, what also happened around that time
oct 1950, general macarthur sacked cause he watned to use atomic weapons
when did peace talks begin for the korean war and when did they pick up again
jun 1951, picked up again 1952
when did eisenhower replace truman
nov 1952
when did stalin die
march 1953
when was the armistice for korean war signed and where
27 july 1953, panmunjom
how much did usa spend on korean war
$12-60 billion
how many casulties did usa have [kw]
30k
how many casualties did china have [kw]
0.5 million
how many civilians died in korea [kw]
1/10
how many casualties did korea have
1.3 million
what percentage of the industrial buildings were destroyed in korea [kw]
80%
when was SEATO set up
sept 1953
when was the vietnam war
1945 - 1973, but officially 1957 - 1975
when did cambodia and laos become communist
1975
when did china become communist
1949
when was the treaty of friendship made and between who
china and ussr, 1950
what were the terms of the treaty of friendship
USSR sent 20k ‘experts’ to help in China’s development at China’s cost
USSR accepted 8k Chinese students to study science and technology
$300 million to China but had to mainly be spent on Soviet products and the interest rates were high
China had to surrender two major ports and mining rights to the Soviets
when was nato made
april 1949
when did ussr detonate first atomic bomb
aug 1949
when did usa sac air policay identify targets in ussr in event of a war and how many were identified
1951, 6k
when was usa’s 1st hydrogen bomb detonated
nov 1952
when did ussr detonate its own h-bomb
aug 1953
when did usa drop a h-bomb from a bomber
march 1954
when did ussr drop h-bomb from a bomber
sept 1954
when were icbms succesfully tested by both usa and ussr
1959
when was the cuban missile crisis
1962
name a town ussr created to house scientists and engineers during the arms race
Arzamas 16
when was the duck and cover campaign taught across usa
1950s
how much did usa spend of its defence spending on air force and nuclear weapons (ar)
40%
what caused the bomber gap and when was it
ussr developed the bison jet bomber and long range TU-95, 1953 bomber gap
when did eisenhower make his atoms for peace speech
8 dec 1953
when was the warsaw pact
may 1955
when was the space race
1955 - 1975
when did USSR announce their similar intent to launch artificial satellites in response to the usa
aug 1955
when did USSR began testing world’s 1st ICBM
may 1957
when did USSR launch Sputnik 1, world’s first orbiting satellite
oct 1957
when did USSR launch Sputnik 2 carrying a dog (Laika)
nov 1957
when did usa launch explorer 1
jan 1958
usa develops their own icbm
1959
when did USA successfully launch Polaris submarines capable of launching nuclear missiles close to the shore of the USSR
july 1960
when did Yuri Gagarin becomes first man to reach space (USSR)
april 1961
when Apollo 8 becomes first human crewed space craft to reach moon and orbit it (USA)
dec 1968
when did the first man on the moon
july 1969
when was first crewed international space mission, carried out jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union (Apollo-Soyuz)
july 1975
when was the secret speech and where by who
24-25 feb 1956 by Khrushchev at 20th Communist Party
when was de-stalinisation
1956-1964
when was the hungarian uprising
july-oct 1956
by early 1950s, what percentage of hungary’s population had been imprisoned
5%
when was rajk executed [hu]
1949
when was cardinal mindszenty sent to prison
1949
when did soviet tanks open fire on protestors and gero was repalced by kadar [hu]
25 oct 1956
when was kadar reappointed
4 nov 1956
how many troops and tanks did ussr send to remove nagy and crush the uprising
1k tanks, 200k troops
how many troops died due to hungarian uprising
1k
how many hungarians became refugees
200k
when was nagy executed
1958
how many protestors were arrested and executed during hungarian uprising
35k arrested, 300 kiled
how many refugees did usa accept from hungary
80k
when was the suez crisis
oct - nov 1956
when did the U2 flights start
1956
when was a U2 plane shot down and who was captured
1 may 1960, gary powers
when did kennedy come into power
1963
