The Cold War Timeline Flashcards

1
Q

What date was…

The Potsdam conference?

A

July 1945

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2
Q

What date was…

USA dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?

A

6th August 1945

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3
Q

What date was…

Churchill’s iron curtain speech?

A

March 1946

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4
Q

What date was…

The Truman doctrine?

A

March 1947

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5
Q

What date was…

The Marshall plan?

A

June 1947

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6
Q

What date was…

Cominform?

A

September 1947

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7
Q

What date was…

The Berlin blockade and airlift?

A

June 1948 to May 1949

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8
Q

What date was…

Comecon?

A

January 1949

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9
Q

What date was…

NATO established?

A

April 1949

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10
Q

What date was…

West Germany created?

A

May 1949

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11
Q

What date was…

USSR develops the atomic bomb?

A

August 1949

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12
Q

What date was…

Eisenhower becomes president?

A

January 1950

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13
Q

What date was…

Stalins death?

A

5th March 1953

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14
Q

What date was…

Nikita Khrushchev becomes new leader of USSR?

A

March 1953

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15
Q

What date was…

The Warsaw Pact?

A

May 1955

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16
Q

What date was…

The U2 incident?

A

May 1960

17
Q

What date was…

The Yalta conference?

A

Feb 1945