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Super Power Relations Dates 1928-1963 Flashcards

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Stalin signed the ‘Nazi Soviet Pact’ with Germany

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1939

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Formation of United Nations

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1941

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Operation Barbarossa (German invasion of Russia)

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June 1941

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Tehran conference (Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt to agree next strategy for war and to make plans for reconstruction of Europe)

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28th Nov - 1st Dec 1943

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Dday (launch of allied invasion of Europe)

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June 1944

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Yalta conference (big 3:FDR, Churchill, Stalin - Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe)

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Feb 4-11 1945

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President Roosevelt dies, replaced by Truman

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April 12 1945

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VE Day - victory in Europe. Germany surrenders to red army in Berlin

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May 8 1945

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Americans successfully test an atomic bomb in New Mexico desert

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July 16 1945

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Potsdam conference starts - Germany officially partitioned into 4 zones of occupation

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July 17 1945

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US drop atomic bomb on Hiroshima (20 kiloton bomb ‘little boy’ kills 80,000)

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August 6 1945

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US drop atomic bomb on Nagasaki (22 kiloton ‘fat man’ kills 70,000)

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August 9 1945

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Japanese surrender - end of WW2

Churchill sends British troops to Greece to help Greek monarchy against communists

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August 14 1945

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Long telegram - Truman receives secret telegram from US ambassador in Moscow reporting that Stalin was building up the arsenal of the USSR and had called for destruction of capitalism

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1946

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“Sinews of peace” iron curtain speech by Churchill - “an ‘iron curtain’ has descended on Europe”

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March 5 1946

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Communists gain 80% vote in Romania - Romania becomes communist country

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Nov 1946

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Civil war develops in Greece between Royalists and Communists. British had 40,000 troops in Greece to help fight against the Royalists but have to tell America they can’t afford to do so

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1946 (end)

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Bizonia created in Germany

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1947

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Poland - rigged elections - communist government formed - Poland communist

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Jan 1947

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Truman doctrine - Truman declares active role in Greek civil war

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March 12 1947

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Marshall plan announced - precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition. The plan made $17b available to Eastern Europe countries affected by WW2

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June 1947

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Communists seize control of Humgary

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August 1947

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Stalin sets up cominform (communist information bureau) to coordinate the work of the communist parties of Eastern Europe

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October 1947

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Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia

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Feb 25 1948

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Western allies announce plan to create a west German state and introduce a new currency called the Deutschmark

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Berlin blockade and Berlin airlift begin lasting 11 months

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June 24 1948

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Comecon established for mutual assistance between communist states

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NATO formed as defensive alliance

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April 4 1949

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Berlin blockade ends

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May 12 1949

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Russia tested it’s first atomic bomb

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29 August 1949

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Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China and establishes the People’s Republic of China

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Oct 1 1949

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Truman approved H-bomb development

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Jan 30 1950

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Korean War begins - Stalin supports NK who invade SK equipped with Soviet weapons. Truman States that Asia comes under the Truman Doctrine and sends American troops to Korea under UN banner and leadership of General MacArthur

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June 24 1950

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China enters Korean War

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Truman replaced by Eisenhower

-both USA and USSR have developed Hydrogen bombs as part of Arms race

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Korean War ends

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Death of Stalin replaced by Nikita Krushchev

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March 5 1953 and onwards

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Warsaw Pact formed

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USSR sent tanks into Poznan, Poland to suppress demonstrations by workers

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June 29 1956

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Hungarian crisis - Rebellion put down in Communist Hungary

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Oct-Nov 1956

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Suez crisis - began with Israeli attack led by Moshe Dayan against Egyptian forces in the Sinai. Egypt took control of Suez Canal

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October 29 1956

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Vostok rocket launched 1st ICBM

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Aug 26 1957

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Sputnik launched into orbit by USSR

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Oct 4 1957

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Sputnik II launched by USSR

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Nov 3 1957

45
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Explorer I launched by USA

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Jan 31 1958

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Krushchev demands withdrawal of troops from Berlin

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Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro after overthrow of leader Batista

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Krushchev visits USA

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U2 spy plane incident - Soviet Union reveals that US spy plane shot down over Soviet territory Paris Conference between USSR and USA

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JFK elected president of USA

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Cuba openly aligns itself with Soviet Union and their policies

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Dec 19 1960

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Bay of pigs invasion

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April 1961

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Berlin border is closed

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Aug 13 1961

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Construction of Berlin Wall begins

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Aug 17 1961

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Soviet technicians start to install ballistic missiles on Cuba (90 miles from the coast of USA)

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U2 spy plane took photos of Cuba showing construction of IRBM bases bring constructed leading to Cuban Missile Crisis

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Oct 14 1962

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Kennedy makes ‘ich bin ein Berlinner’ speech in Berlin

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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ratified (agreed)

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JFK assassinated in Dallas, Texas

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Stalin becomes leader of Russia

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