The Cold War intensifies

Question 1

The Nuclear Arms Race Timeline 1945-1953

Answer 1

1945 - USA drops two atomic bombs in Japan
1949 - Soviet Union tests it’s first atomic bomb
1952 - USA develops H-bomb
1953 - Soviet Union develops H-bomb

Question 2

Warsaw Pact 1955

Answer 2

• Retaliation to NATO involving Soviet sphere of influence.
• Highlighted the iron curtain

Question 3

Impact of Soviet Rule in Hungary

Answer 3

• Food and industrial production was shipped to Russia
• Any opposition was ruthlessly wiped out
• Matyas Rakosi was a brutal dictator
• Communism became unpopular

Question 4

Destalinisation

Answer 4

• After Khrushchev took over he hinted that the Soviet control would relax
• He brought Imre Nagy as the new prime minister for Hungary

Question 5

Nagy wanted the following reforms:

Answer 5

• Leave the Warsaw Pact and become a neutral country
• Hold free elections
• UN protection from the Soviet Union

Question 6

The Soviet invasion of Hungary 1956

Answer 6

• Khrushchev disapproved of Nagy’s reforms
• He sent 200,000 Soviet troops
• Over 5000 Hungarians were killed
• Nagy and his gov were disposed
• Showed that the West was condemning Soviet Rule in satalite countries