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