Key Dates in the Cold War Flashcards by amber dW

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Tehran Conference

A

November 1943

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First successful US atomic bomb test

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1945

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USA detonates atomic bombs over Japan

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August 1945

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Yalta conference

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Febuary 1945

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Kennan’s long telegram

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February 1946

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Churchill makes iron curtain speech

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March 1946

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Truman Doctrine

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March 1947

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Marshal plan

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June 1947

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Berlin Blockade

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June 1948

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Formation of the federal republic of Germany

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September 1949

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NATO set up

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April 1949

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Geneva Summit

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May 1959

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Socialist revolution in Cuba overthrows President Batista

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1959

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Bay of Pigs incident

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1961

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Vienna Summit

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1961

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President Kennedy visits Berlin

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1963

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Limited Test Ban treaty

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1963

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Outer Space treaty

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1967

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SALT 1 agreement

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1972

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Carter Doctrine

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1979

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Moscow Olympics

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1980

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Ronald Reagen makes ‘Evil Empire’ speech

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1983

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Los Angeles Olympics

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1984

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INF treaty

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1987

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Grand Alliance between Britan, Soviet Union and USA formed.

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1941

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Germany invades soviet union

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1941

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Postdam Conference

A

July 1945

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End of World War 2

A

1945

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Novikov telegram

A

September 1946

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Formation of Cominform

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1947 - 1st meeting September 1947

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The Communist government in Polland

A

January 1947

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Communist Government in Czechoslovakia

A

February 1948

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Formation of German Democratic Republic

A

1949

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Comecon set up

A

January 1949

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Formation of the Warsaw Pact

A

May 1955

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Hungarian uprising

A

1956 - crushed in November

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Camp David summit

A

September 1959

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Berlin Wall built

A

August 1961

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Cuban Missile Crisis

A

1962

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Brezhnev doctrine

A

1968

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Warsaw Pact troops put down Prague Spring

A

1968

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Nuclear Non-proliferation treaty

A

1968

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Helsinki agreements

A

1975

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Soviet Union invades Afghanistan

A

1979

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SALT 2 agreement

A

1979

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Geneva Summit 2

A

1985

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Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the SU

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1985

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Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster

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1986

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Reykjavik Summit

A

1986

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Fall of the Berlin War

A

1989

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Warsaw Pact dissolved

A

1991

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Gorbachev removed from power

A

1991

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Stalin dies

A

March 1953

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Eisenhower takes office as US president

A

January 1953

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West Germany joins NATO

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May 1955