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Cold War Dates

Meg Robinson English 4.0Average rating 4.0 out of 5 (1 rating) 153 cards

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  1. 1Yalta conferenceFebruary 1945
  2. 2Potsdam conferenceJuly-August 1945
  3. 3Hiroshima bombed6th August 1945
  4. 4Kennan's long telegramFebruary 1945
  5. 5Iron curtain speechMarch 1946
  6. 6Baruch Plan failed1947
  7. 7Truman Doctrine launchedMarch 1947
  8. 8Marshall PlanJune 1947-1952
  9. 9Cominform establishedSeptember 1947
  10. 10Communist Coup in CzechoslovakiaFebruary 1948
  11. 11Berlin BlockadeJune 1948-May 1949
  12. 12NATO establishedApril 1949
  13. 13Communists takeover ChinaSeptember 1949
  14. 14NSC-681950
  15. 15Sino-Soviet alliance/ Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance signedFebruary 1950
  16. 16Korean War1950-53
  17. 17USA test hydrogen bombNovember 1952
  18. 18Death of StalinMarch 1953
  19. 19Eisenhower becomes president and introduces New Look policyJanuary 1953
  20. 20Berlin RisingJune 1953
  21. 21Dulles announced massive retaliationJanuary 1954
  22. 22SEATO formed1954
  23. 23Geneva ConferenceApril-July 1954
  24. 24Taiwan Straits CrisisSeptember 1954
  25. 25Khrushchev's first visit to BeijingOctober 1954
  26. 26USAs first intercontinental bombers1955
  27. 27Warsaw Pact establishedMay 1955
  28. 28Geneva SummitJuly 1955
  29. 29Austrian State Treaty1955
  30. 30Peaceful Coexistence1956
  31. 31Suez Canal Crisis1956
  32. 32USSR first TU20 Bear Intercontinental bomber1956
  33. 33Soviets withdraw from Finland1956
  34. 34Khrushchev's secret speechFebruary 1956
  35. 35Demonstrations in Poland, Khrushchev agreed to economic reformsFebruary 1956
  36. 36Tanks sent to Hungary to supress demonstrationJune 1956
  37. 37Hungarian UprisingOctober 1956
  38. 38Eisenhower Doctrine1957
  39. 39Eisenhower warned of missile gapNovember 1957
  40. 40Sputnik1957
  41. 412nd Berlin CrisisNovember 1958
  42. 422nd Taiwan Straits CrisisAugust 1958
  43. 43CENTO Pact1958-1979
  44. 44Khrushchev criticised Great Leap Forward1958
  45. 45Cuban Revolution1959
  46. 46Camp David Summit and Khrushchev's US visitSeptember 1959
  47. 47Sino-Soviet Agreement on atomic cooperation cancelledJune 1959
  48. 48Paris Summit, U2 plane incidentMay 1960
  49. 49Berlin Wall/ 3rd Berlin Crisis1961
  50. 504th Berlin Crisis1961
  51. 51US terminates trade with Cuba1961
  52. 52Kennedy becomes US PresidentJanuary 1961
  53. 53Yuri Gagarin 1st man in spaceApril 1961
  54. 54Bay of PigsApril 1961
  55. 55Vienna SummitJune 1961
  56. 56Cuban Missile CrisisOctober 1962
  57. 57Hot line link establishedJune 1963
  58. 58Nuclear Test ban treatyJune 1963
  59. 59China 1st Nuclear Bomb TestOctober 1964
  60. 60First US combat forces in Vietnam1965
  61. 61Prague Spring1968
  62. 62Soviet Invasion of CzechoslovakiaAugust 1968
  63. 63Brezhnev DoctrineSeptember 1968
  64. 64Ussuri river disputes1969
  65. 65European Ostopolitik, Berlin Agreement1970-71
  66. 66Ping Pong DiplomacyApril 1971
  67. 67SALT 1: Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty and Interim Agreement on Offensive Missiles signed1972
  68. 68Basic Principles Agreement signed1972
  69. 69Nixon went to a Summit in China, communique issuedFebruary 1972
  70. 70Vladivostok Framework agreed upon1974
  71. 71President Ford visited China1975
  72. 72Helsinki Accords1975
  73. 73Jackson-Vanik AmendmentJanuary 1975
  74. 74Apollo-Soyuz link upJuly 1975
  75. 75Official US recognition of PRC, withdrew support from Taiwan1978
  76. 76Soviet invasion of AfghanistanDecember 1979
  77. 77SALT II signed1979
  78. 78Strike by Solidarity1980
  79. 79Martial Law in PolandDecember 1980
  80. 80SDI/ Star Wars Initiative announced1983
  81. 81Gorbachev made it clear he wouldn't enforce the Brezhnev Doctrine1985
  82. 82Geneva SummitNovember 1985
  83. 83Chernobyl Disaster in UkraineApril 1986
  84. 84Reykjavik SummitSeptember 1986
  85. 85Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces TreatyDecember 1987
  86. 86Hungary becomes independentSeptember 1989
  87. 87Fall of the Berlin WallNovember 1989
  88. 88Solidarity beat Communist Party in general elections1989
  89. 89Vaclav Havel elected president of Czechoslovakia1989
  90. 90Ceausescu and his wife were executed25th December 1989
  91. 91Reunification of GermanyOctober 1990
  92. 92Official recognition of end of Soviet Union25th December 1991
  93. 93Bankruptcy of USSR declared25th December 1991
  94. 94Red army decreased from 5.8-3.7 million menMid 50s
  95. 95US military spending 12% of GNPMid 50s
  96. 96CIA backed coup against left-wing Guatemalan president1954
  97. 97Eisenhower's Domino Theory1954
  98. 98PRC established1949
  99. 996 fold increase in Sino-Soviet trade1950-56
  100. 10060% of Chinese trade was with USSR1956
  101. 1012 more agreements between China and USSR promising more trade, Lushan naval base and further aid including a bigger loan1954 and 1955
  102. 102Khrushchev proposed joint control of China's nuclear weapons1958
  103. 103Khrushchev proposed a Pacific atom free zoneJanuary 1959
  104. 104Khrushchev's first visit to China, swimming pool photo op1958
  105. 105Khrushchev's second visit to China: no guard of honor or microphone, public insults1959
  106. 106Khrushchev withdrew economic advisers from China1960
  107. 107Mao publicised Khrushchev backing down in the Cuban missile crisis1963
  108. 108China had its first nuclear test1964
  109. 109No trade or diplomatic links except to get arms to VietnamMarch 1966
  110. 110Ma called Soviet system "a product of revisionist traitors"1960
  111. 111Khrushchev announced a new doctrine saying the class struggle was over1961
  112. 112Sin-Indian border conflict, USSR sent India $800 million in aid1962
  113. 113Sino-Indonesian border conflict: Soviet military aid sent to Indonesia1959-62
  114. 114Red Guards crossed Soviet border, Brezhnev posted 15 divisions of the Russian army there1968
  115. 115Red Guards occupied island of Damanskii (disputed territory) small-scale fighting broke out, resolution reached when senior ministers from each side agreed to respect borders1969
  116. 116Both China and USSR sent military assistance to third world countries1960s
  117. 117China encouraged Romania and Albania (in soviet sphere of influence) to be more independent1960s
  118. 118China was number one enemy in US1949-late 60s
  119. 119US was on the verge of a red scare1949
  120. 120No trade, diplomatic links or sporting competition between China and US50s and 60s
  121. 121Kennedy discussed taking advantage of Sino-Soviet split, ruled out due to Vietnam warEarly 60s
  122. 122China had only 3 real allies: France, Pakistan and Albania1969
  123. 123Nixon relaxed trade and travel restrictions with China and initiated a secret dialogue with Mao through Pakistan1969
  124. 124China invites US ping pong team to play an international match in China1971
  125. 125US backed PRC's entry into UN1971
  126. 126Kissinger visited China to secretly arrange for a presidential visit the next year1971
  127. 127Dulles refused to shake hands with Zhou Enlai1954
  128. 128Trade between China and US increased from $5 million per year to $500 million per year1969-1975
  129. 129Us officially recognised PRC1979
  130. 130Taiwan expelled from UN security council with US backing1971
  131. 131Kissenger visited China but couldn't reach agreements on Taiwan1975
  132. 132USSR began to close the missile gap1963-9
  133. 133Point of MAD reached1969
  134. 134Vietnam war cost $30 million this year1969
  135. 135The post-war boom was coming to an end1970
  136. 136Inflation in the US reached 6%1970
  137. 137Unemployment in the US rose to more than 5%Early 70s
  138. 138End of Bretton Woods currency system, making international trade less stableEarly 70s
  139. 139Economy of USSR roughly a sixth the size of that of the USEarly 70s
  140. 140Estimated stockpiles of nuclear warheads: US-28,200 USSR-11,0001969
  141. 141Anti-ballistic missile treaty limited each nation to two missile shields each consisting of 100 missiles1972
  142. 142Interim agreement on offensive missiles limited stockpiles to: USSR-1618 missile launchers and USA- 10541972
  143. 143Berlin Agreement- guaranteed borders of West Germany1970-71
  144. 144OPEC oil crisis1973
  145. 145Return to oil price stability1974-78
  146. 146GDP of USSR 37% that of USBy 1980
  147. 147USSR increased imports from West by 96%1974-75
  148. 148US defense spending went from $404 billion to $284 billion1970-76
  149. 149Economic growth in USSR continued to decline despite detente1970-76
  150. 150Brezhnev's 1976 Party Congress speech spoke favorably of Detente1976
  151. 151Carter rejected Vladivostok framework; replacing the negotiating team and demanding lower ceilings1977
  152. 152Carter jeopardised SALT II talks by announcing a new nuclear project1978
  153. 153Grain embargo against USSR1980

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