Cold War Key Dates Flashcards
1
Q
Yalta
A
Feb 1945
2
Q
Potsdam
A
July 1945
3
Q
Kennan’s ‘Long Telegram’
A
Feb 1946
4
Q
Iron Curtain speech
A
March 1946
5
Q
Truman Doctrine
A
March 1947
6
Q
Marshall Plan
A
June 1947
7
Q
Berlin Blockade
A
June 1948-May 1949
8
Q
NATO
A
April 1948
9
Q
NK invades SK
A
June 1950
10
Q
Stalin death
A
March 1953
11
Q
Warsaw Pact
A
May 1955
12
Q
Polish Rising
Hungarian Rising
A
June-Oct 1956
Oct-Nov
13
Q
Castro in power
A
Jan 1959
14
Q
U2 spy plane
A
May 1960
15
Q
Bay of Pigs
A
April 1961
