Key Dates Flashcards
When was
‘Percentages agreement’
1944
October
When was
Yalta Conference
1945
February
When was
the end of WW2
(in Europe)
1945
May
When was
Potsdam Conference
1945
July-August
When was
the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; the end of WW2 in the Pacific
1945
August
When was
the long telegram
1946
February
When was
Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech
1946
March
When was
Truman’s speech outlining the Truman Doctrine
1947
March
When was
Cominform established
1947
September
When was
the Marshall Plan put into action
1948
April
When was
the beginning of the Berlin Blockade
1948
June
When was
Comecon established
1949
January
When was
NATO formed
1949
April
When was
the Berlin Blockade lifted
following the success of the Berlin Airlift
1949
May
When did
the USSR successfully test an atomic bomb?
1949
August
