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WW1
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Russian Revolution
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WW2
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USA enters WW2
When Japan bombed the USA naval base of Pearl Harbour - USA entered the war -
Germany invades Soviet Union
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Hitler invades Soviet Union
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Tehran Conference
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Expansion of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe
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Britain and USA invade Europe
As early as 1942, Stalin wanted USA and Britain to invade western Europe.
FDR promised a 2nd front, but it was repeatedly postponed until 1944.
Stalin retaliated - recalling his ambassadors from London and Washington -
Yalta Conference
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Churchill lost election
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Potsdam Conference
Division of Germany into 4 -
VE Day
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Hiroshima - atom bomb
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Nagasaki - atom bomb
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Long Telegram
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Novikov Telegram
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War of Words
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Churchill - Iron Curtain Speech
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Bizonia created
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Truman Speech - Truman Doctrine
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Cold War
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Cominform created
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Marshall Plan agreed
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Trizonia formed
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Deutschmark introduced
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Berlin Blockade
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Airlift
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NATO Formed
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China becomes Communist
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Comecon formed
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FRG Created
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FRG Bundestag elected
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USSR test atom bomb
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Adenauer elected as FRG Chancellor
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GDR Formed
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USSR & China signs Friendship Treaty
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UN troops enter Korea
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"Thaw" - slight improved relations between USA & USSR
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Stalin dies & Krushchev becomes new USSR leader
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Warsaw Pact signed
Response to NATO
Defensive military alliance of of Eastern European states.
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, East Germany and Poland were all members.
Main decision maker - USSR -
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Vietnam War
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Hungarian Uprising
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USSR launches Sputnik I
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USSR launches Sputnik II with Laika on board
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NASA created
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USSR launches Vostock Rocket with Yuri Gagarin on board