Key Facts about significant events Flashcards
How much money was offered by the Marshall Plan?
over 13 billion
How many planes transported recources during the duration of the Berlin Blockade?
What was the total amount of recources that were transported?
How often did a plane land or take off?
270,500
1.5 million tonnes worth of recources.
Every 90 seconds.
How many members of NATO were there originally?
12 members
How many people died in the
Hungarian Uprising?
How many tanks invaded Hungary?
20,000 people died
1,000 tanks
What was the main trade between Cuba and the USSR?
How long did the Cuban missile crisis last?
USSR receive sugar and Cuba would import oil.
13 days
What was the name of the Cuban army force put together to invade the Bay of Pigs?
Brigade 2506
How many Warsaw pact soldiers invaded Prague?
500,000 men invaded
What was the main result of the SALT 1 being signed?
Reducing the number of ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) for both the USSR and America.
How many people migrated from the East side of Berlin to the West before the construction of the Berlin Wall?
Why was it a great ordeal that people/ citizens were leaving the East?
16% of the Eastern population migrated to the West
Many intelligent people (doctors, mathematicians and engineers) were leaving the region. Damaging the economy
Where did the UN troops invade Korea from?
Inchon
How many people died crossing the Berlin Wall?
130 people died
How high could the u2 spy planes fly?
23,000 feet
How many Chinese soldiers helped North Korea fight back against the UN army all the way back to the 38th parallel?
200,000
How long did it take for North Koreans to completely take control of the south? (Months)
4 months
What were the 3 reforms the students of Hungary protested?
Greater freedoms and civil rights
Removal of rakosi and return of imre Nagy
The withdrawal of soviet troops
