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Emergence of Superpowers 1945-61 Flashcards

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Tehran Conference

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November-December 1943

Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill

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Yalta Conference

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February 1945

Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill

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Potsdam Conference

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July-August 1945

Stalin
Truman (FDR died in April)
Attlee

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Germany Surrender- end of WW2

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8th May 1945

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US test nuclear bomb

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July 16th 1945

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US nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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August 1945

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Kennan Telegram

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February 1946

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Churchill’s iron curtain speech

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2nd March 1946

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Bizonia formed

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January 1947

Britain and USA

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10
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Truman Doctrine

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March 1947

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Truman ends Lend-lease

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May 1945

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12
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Truman aggressive meeting with Molotov

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April 1945

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13
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The Greek Civil War

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1944-46

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14
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Marshall Plan

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June 1947

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15
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Paris Peace Conference where aid was discussed

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July 1947

Soviets walked out and forced Eastern European countries to not accept Marshall aid

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The Organisation of European Economic co-operation (OEEC) formed

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March 1948

1st stage of a process which aimed to revive the German economy

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Cominform

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September 1947

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18
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Trizonia

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1948

Britain, USA, France
In June they announce new Deutschmark

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Comecon

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January 1949

Soviet version of Marshall aid

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The Berlin Blockade

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June 1948-May 1949

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NATO

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April 1949

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Chinese Revolution

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September 1949

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The final establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany (West) and German Democratic Republic (East)

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October 1949

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Korean War

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June 1950-July 1953

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Truman ‘I’m tired of babying the Soviets’

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January 1946

26
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Polish and Hungarian elections are rigged

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1947
Poland- January
Hungary- August

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Communist coup in Czechoslovakia

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February 1948

Coup to impose a pro-soviet government

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Soviets explode first A-bomb

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August 1949

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US get H-bomb

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November 1952

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USSR get H-bomb

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August 1953

MAD theory

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Stalin dies

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March 1953

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Eisenhower becomes US president

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January 1953

Chance for peace speech- April
Atoms for peace speech- December

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Austrian State Treaty

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May 1955

Making Austria neutral

34
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Eisenhower Treaty

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1954

‘Domino theory’ in South East Asia

35
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Warsaw Pact

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May 1955

After West Germany join NATO

36
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Geneva Summit- ‘Spirit of Geneva’

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July 1955

US, Britain, France and SU
Eisenhower ‘Open skies’ speech

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Khrushchev’s secret speech and De-stalinisation

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February 1956

38
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The Hungarian uprising

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October-November 1956

39
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Sputnik launched by Soviets

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1957

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Treaty of Rome and set up of the European Economic Community (EEC)

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March 1957

41
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Khrushchev visits USA as first Soviet leader

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September 1959

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US U-2 spy plane shot down

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May 1960

43
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Khrushchev storms out of Paris Summit

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May 1960

44
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Kennedy becomes president

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1961

45
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Bay of Pigs

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April 1961

46
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Yuri Garagin First man in Space

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1961

47
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Vienna Summit

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June 1961

Khrushchev and Kennedy

48
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The Berlin Wall Constructed

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August 1961

49
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The Hallstein Doctrine

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September 1955

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