cold war - origins of cold war 1945:1950 Flashcards
how much did the USA spend on the making of the atomic bomb
$2 billion
when was the manhattan project
13 aug 1942
when was the atomic bomb dropped on:
a) hiroshima
b) nagasaki
hiroshima - 6 aug 1945
nagasaki - 9 aug 1945
how many people died due to the nagasaki bomb
36k
by 1950 how many people had died due to hiroshima
200k
how many buildings were ruined due to the hiroshima bomb
70k out of 78k
when did japan surrender in wwii
14 aug
when did roosevelt die
april 1945
when was a second front to be opened by usa and britain in wwii
1 june 1944
when was the
a) long telegram
b) nokikov telegram
long - feb 1946
nokikov - sept 1946
when was the yalta conference
feb 1945
how much would germany pay in reparations due to wwii and how much would go to the soviets (yalta)
$20 billion, half to the soviets
when was the potsdam conference
july - aug 1945
how much did stalin want in money, to protect ussr from future threats (disagreement in potsdam conference)
$10 billion
how much of the industrial output from 3 other zones in germany would ussr recieve and in return, what would the other zones receive? (potsdam)
25% industrial output and in return, raw materials
which countries became satellite states in 1945
albania, romania, east germany
which country became satellite states in 1946
bulgaria
which country became satellite states in 1947
poland
which countries became satellite states in 1948
hungary, czechslovakia
when did albania break away from ussr
1960
when was yugoslavia expelled from cominform
1948
when, where and who made the iron curtain speech
churchill in missouri in 5 march 1946
how much was gifted to greece and turkey in the truman doctrine
$400 million
when was the marshall plan introduced
april 1948
how much was made available in the marshall plan and for how long
$13 billion over 4 years
how many countries received aid from the marshall plan
16
when was cominform created
oct 1947
when was comecon created
jan 1949
thanks to comecon, how much poland sold coal to ussr for [] of the price it would’ve gotten
1/10
when was the berlin blockade and airlift
1948 - 1949
when did comecon set up a bank for soviet countries
1964
when was the deutschemark was introduced
23 june 1948
when did stalin grant air corridors over berlin
1945
when did stalin cut off roads, canals and railways to make berlin independent on the ussr
june 1948
when did the berlin airlift begin
26 june 1948
by spring 1949, how many supplies were being flown in everyday []
8k
when did stalin stop the blockade
may 1949
how many pilots were killed in the berlin blockade and airlift
79
when was west germany offiially formed
sept 1949
when was east germany officially formed
oct 1949
how many people starved in western europe
2 million people
when was NATO formed
april 1949
