Key Dates in the Cold War Flashcards
Tehran Conference
November 1943
First successful US atomic bomb test
1945
USA detonates atomic bombs over Japan
August 1945
Yalta conference
Febuary 1945
Kennan’s long telegram
February 1946
Churchill makes iron curtain speech
March 1946
Truman Doctrine
March 1947
Marshal plan
June 1947
Berlin Blockade
June 1948
Formation of the federal republic of Germany
September 1949
NATO set up
April 1949
Geneva Summit
May 1959
Socialist revolution in Cuba overthrows President Batista
1959
Bay of Pigs incident
1961
Vienna Summit
1961
President Kennedy visits Berlin
1963
Limited Test Ban treaty
1963
Outer Space treaty
1967
SALT 1 agreement
1972
Carter Doctrine
1979
Moscow Olympics
1980
Ronald Reagen makes ‘Evil Empire’ speech
1983