Dates (45'-49') Flashcards
When was the Yalta Conference?
February 1945
When was the Potsdam Conference?
July-August 1945
When was the ‘percentages agreement’ made?
October 1944
When did Roosevelt die, and Hitler commit suicide?
April 1945
When did WWII in Europe officially end?
May 1945
When were the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs dropped?
August 1945
When did WWII officially end?
September 1945
When did Petru Groza become PM in Romania?
March 1945
When was the anti-communist demonstration outside of the Royal Palace in Bucharest?
November 1945
In which election did the Communists win 84% of the vote in Romania?
November 1946
When was King Michael forced to abdicate, where soon after Romania was declared a republic?
30th of December 1947
In which election did the PCF become the largest party in French parliament, with 182/627 seats (approx. 29%)
November 1946
When did the Communists become the largest party in Hungary?
August 1947
When did Hungary officially become a republic, passing a constitution near-identical to the USSR’s one?
August 1949
What election in Czechoslovakia did the Communists win 38% of the vote, with Gottwald becoming PM?
May 1946
When was the Prague coup?
February 1948
When was Masaryk assassinated?
March 1948
When did Kennan send his ‘Long Telegram’?
February 1946
When did Churchill make his ‘Iron Curtain’ speech?
March 1946
When did the Communist-led Democratic Bloc in Poland win the elections?
June 1946
When did the Communists win 75% of the popular vote in Bulgaria?
October 1946
When did the US/UK stop giving reparations to the USSR?
May 1946
When was Bizonia formed?
January 1947
When was the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers?
Spring 1947
