cold war - origins of cold war 1945:1950

Question 1

how much did the USA spend on the making of the atomic bomb

Answer 1

$2 billion

Question 2

when was the manhattan project

Answer 2

13 aug 1942

Question 3

when was the atomic bomb dropped on:
a) hiroshima
b) nagasaki

Answer 3

hiroshima - 6 aug 1945
nagasaki - 9 aug 1945

Question 4

how many people died due to the nagasaki bomb

Answer 4

36k

Question 5

by 1950 how many people had died due to hiroshima

Answer 5

200k

Question 6

how many buildings were ruined due to the hiroshima bomb

Answer 6

70k out of 78k

Question 7

when did japan surrender in wwii

Answer 7

14 aug

Question 8

when did roosevelt die

Answer 8

april 1945

Question 9

when was a second front to be opened by usa and britain in wwii

Answer 9

1 june 1944

Question 10

when was the
a) long telegram
b) nokikov telegram

Answer 10

long - feb 1946
nokikov - sept 1946

Question 11

when was the yalta conference

Answer 11

feb 1945

Question 12

how much would germany pay in reparations due to wwii and how much would go to the soviets (yalta)

Answer 12

$20 billion, half to the soviets

Question 13

when was the potsdam conference

Answer 13

july - aug 1945

Question 14

how much did stalin want in money, to protect ussr from future threats (disagreement in potsdam conference)

Answer 14

$10 billion

Question 15

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)

Answer 15

25% industrial output and in return, raw materials

Question 16

which countries became satellite states in 1945

Answer 16

albania, romania, east germany

Question 17

which country became satellite states in 1946

Answer 17

bulgaria

Question 18

which country became satellite states in 1947

Answer 18

poland

Question 19

which countries became satellite states in 1948

Answer 19

hungary, czechslovakia

Question 20

when did albania break away from ussr

Answer 20

1960

Question 21

when was yugoslavia expelled from cominform

Answer 21

1948

Question 22

when, where and who made the iron curtain speech

Answer 22

churchill in missouri in 5 march 1946

Question 23

how much was gifted to greece and turkey in the truman doctrine

Answer 23

$400 million

Question 24

when was the marshall plan introduced

Answer 24

april 1948

Question 25

how much was made available in the marshall plan and for how long

Answer 25

$13 billion over 4 years

Question 26

how many countries received aid from the marshall plan

Answer 26

16

Question 27

when was cominform created

Answer 27

oct 1947

Question 28

when was comecon created

Answer 28

jan 1949

Question 29

thanks to comecon, how much poland sold coal to ussr for [] of the price it would’ve gotten

Answer 29

1/10

Question 30

when was the berlin blockade and airlift

Answer 30

1948 - 1949

Question 31

when did comecon set up a bank for soviet countries

Answer 31

1964

Question 32

when was the deutschemark was introduced

Answer 32

23 june 1948

Question 33

when did stalin grant air corridors over berlin

Answer 33

1945

Question 34

when did stalin cut off roads, canals and railways to make berlin independent on the ussr

Answer 34

june 1948

Question 35

when did the berlin airlift begin

Answer 35

26 june 1948

Question 36

by spring 1949, how many supplies were being flown in everyday []

Answer 36

8k

Question 37

when did stalin stop the blockade

Answer 37

may 1949

Question 38

how many pilots were killed in the berlin blockade and airlift

Answer 38

79

Question 39

when was west germany offiially formed

Answer 39

sept 1949

Question 40

when was east germany officially formed

Answer 40

oct 1949

Question 41

how many people starved in western europe

Answer 41

2 million people

Question 42

when was NATO formed

Answer 42

april 1949