Start Of Cold War

Question 1

When is the Nazi Soviet non aggression pact?

Answer 1

1939 august

Question 2

When does USSR enter WW2

Answer 2

1941 june

Question 3

When does USA enter WW2

Answer 3

1941 dec

Question 4

When is the D Day landings (opening of second front)

Answer 4

1944 june

Question 5

When is the yalta conference

Answer 5

1945 feb

Question 6

When is the Potsdam conference

Answer 6

1945 Jul

Question 7

When was the end of the WW2

Answer 7

1945 Aug

Question 8

When was Kennans Long Telegram

Answer 8

1946 Feb

Question 9

When was Churchills iron curtain speech

Answer 9

1946 mar

Question 10

When was the Truman doctrine

Answer 10

1947 mar

Question 11

When was the Marshall plan

Answer 11

1947 jun

Question 12

When was cominform formed

Answer 12

1947 sep

Question 13

When was the start of the Berlin blockade

Answer 13

1948 june

Question 14

When was comecon formed

Answer 14

1949 jan

Question 15

When was nato formed

Answer 15

1949 apr

Question 16

When was the end of the Berlin blockade

Answer 16

1949

Question 17

When was the Warsaw pact

Answer 17

1955 May

Question 18

When was the Berlin Wall

Answer 18

1961 Aug

Question 19

What were the 4 main reasons for the Cold War

Answer 19

1. Distrust between US and USSR
2. Ideological differences
3. Security and influence
4. Misunderstandings

Question 20

What was the Marshall plan?

Answer 20

Financial assistance to rebuild the economies of countries in Europe by the USA. This offer was also extended to countries under Soviet influence.

Question 21

What was the Truman doctrine?

Answer 21

Financial and military aid to Greece and Turkey. They were weak and vulnerable to communism.

Question 22

What was the yalta conference

Answer 22

Western:
- Poland to have free elections
- Germany to recover economically
- prosperous Europe to boost own economy and be less susceptible to communism

USSR:
- Soviet control of Poland, as historically previous invasions had come through Poland
- Germany to remain weak and poor
- wanted it’s own sphere of influence to safeguard its economy and security

Question 23

What was the Potsdam conference

Answer 23

Disagreements on how Germany should be split

Question 24

What was Kennan’s long telegram?

Answer 24

It spoke of Russia’s aggression and how USA should take action

Ens answer: basically he was like bro Russia aggressive as fuck y’all we’re literally USA bro we have to like step the fuck up