Cold War facts Flashcards
agreed at Yalta Conference Germany would pay … in reparations
$20bn
at United Nations … Soviet Republics only represented under USSR
16
US atomic bombs killed … Japanese citizens in Hiroshima & Nagasaki
~120,000
Truman gave … to support Greece & Turkey to fight communism
$400 million
1948-52 US gave … in aid to European countries - Britain received … & W. Germany received …
$12.7/13 bn?
$3.3bn
$1.4bn
Cominform had … members
9
(Berlin Blockade) USA able to fly in … of supplies each day
1,000 tonnes
Jan 1949 … of supplies received by W. Berlin
170,000 tonnes
NATO = made of USA, Britain, France & … other Western countries
9
hydrogen bomb = …x more powerful than atomic bomb
1,000
inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) could fire at target … away
4,500km
(Hungarian Uprising) … tanks returned to Budapest to re-assert Soviet control
1,000
(Hungarian Uprising) … Hungarians killed
~20,000
(Hungarian Uprising) … Soviet troops killed
~7,000
(Hungarian Uprising) … Hungarians fled country
~200,000
by 1958 … Germans had fled E. Germany & moved to the West
3 million
1/6 of E. German pop.
by 1958 … E. Germans fleeing every month
over 20,000
(Berlin Wall) in response to the re-issued Berlin Ultimatum JFK announced increased military spending by
$2bn
Berlin Wall = … high & … long
12 feet
165km
… people killed trying to cross Berlin Wall
over 130
… Cuban exiles landed at Bay of Pigs but … Cuban soldiers ready to fight off
1400
20,000
Intermediate range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) range of
3,500km
(CMC) JFK prepared … bombers with … nuclear warheads
54
4
Vietnam War cost USA … & resulted in … American deaths
billions of dollars
60,000
ABM Treaty (part of SALT I) = anti-ballistic missiles only allowed at … sites & each site could have max. … missiles
2
100
Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms (part of SALT I) imposed … freeze on total num. ICBMs & SLBMs each side allowed
5 year
at Helsinki Accords USA, USSR & … other nations made declarations about … key international issues
33
3
SALT II (not ratified) = agreed to limit of … ICBMs, SLBMs & heavy bombers
2,400
20th Aug 1968 … Warsaw Pact troops entered Czechoslovakia
500,000
(Czechoslovakia) … protestors killed
over 100
Brezhnev ordered … troops to invade Afghanistan
50,000
(Afghanistan) required … Soviet soldiers to keep Kamal in power
85,000
Soviet soldiers remained in Afghanistan for … years fighting Kamal’s opponents - cost USSR … per year
10
almost $8bn
… nations supported US boycott of Moscow Olympic Games
over 60
USSR led boycott of Los Angeles Olympics joined by … communist countries
15
Reagan persuaded Congress to increase US spending on arms & defence by … in 1982 & further … in 1983
13%
8%
… satellite states (of …) announced they were forming separate Commonwealth of Independent States
12
15
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty = agreed would abolish land-based missiles with range of …
500-5,500km
