Cold War Disputes Flashcards
Who were the leaders of the counties in the Korean War?
- USSR- Stalin (dies in 1953), then replaced by Khrushchev
- USA- Truman and commander general Douglas MacArthur
- South Korea- ROK’s
- North Korea- NKPA
When was the Korean War?
25th June 1950- 27th July 1953
Who were the leaders of the countries in the Berlin Wall Crisis?
- USA- Kennedy
* USSR- Khrushchev
When was the Berlin Wall built?
13th August 1961
Who were the leaders of the countries in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
•USA- *Eisenhower-1959
*Kennedy-1961
•USSR- *Khrushchev
•Cuba- *Batista overthrown by Castro
in 1959When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
- Cuban Revolution- 1959
- Bay of Pigs- 1961
- The ‘13 Days’- 16th to the 28th of October 1962
Who were the leaders of the countries in the Vietnam War?
- North Vietnam- Ho Chi Minh
- South Vietnam- Ngo Diem Diem
- Vietcong- fighting to overthrow Diem
- USA- President Johnson (after 1968 -> Nixon)
- USSR- Breshnev
When was the Vietnam War?
- Start- 1954
- America withdrew its forces- 1972
- South Vietnam fell to communism (end of Vietnam War)- 1975
Who were the leaders of the countries in the Soviet War in Afghanistan?
- USSR- Breshnev/ Gorbachev(1968)
- USA- President Carter
- Mujahidin (Islamic insurgent groups); backed by US- Afghanistan
- Afghan Government- client state to USSR (fighting against Islamic groups- Mujahidin- to keep control of the country)
When was the Aghan War?
1979 - 1989
When was the Yalta Conference?
4th February 1945
When was the Potsdam Conference?
17th July 1945
When were the Atomic bombs dropped?
- Hiroshima- 6th August 1945
* Nagasaki- 9th August 1945
When was the Russian Sphere of Influence?
1946 - 1947
When was Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech?
March 1946
Who said the quote ‘I’m sick of babying the Soviets’?
Truman
Who said the quote ‘The very existence of capitalism makes war inevitable’?
Stalin (February 1946)
When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
- Cuban Revolution- 1959
- Bay of Pigs- 1961
- The ‘13 Days’- 16th to the 28th of October 1962
