Cold War

By starcullen18
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    World War 1

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    Russian Revolution

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    World War 2

  • Joining Satellite States - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia

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    Cold War

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    Tehran Conference

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    Joining Satellite States - Bulgaria, Romania and Eastern Germany

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    'Eastern Bloc' - Greece

    Communists want Stalin to have Greece, monarchists want the return of the Royal Family

  • Warsaw Uprising

  • America Develops Atomic Bombs

    These were dropped in Nagasaki and Hiroshima
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    Yalta Conference

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    Potsdam Conference

  • Hiroshima Atomic Bomb

  • Nagasaki Atomic Bomb

  • The Long Telegram

  • The Iron Curtain Speech

  • The Novikov Telegram

  • Joining Satellite States - Poland

  • The Marshall Plan (Aid)

  • 'Bizonia'

  • The Truman Doctrine

  • Cominform

  • Joining Satellite States - Czechoslovakia

  • 'Trizonia'

  • Czechoslovakia is Taken Over by Communists

    After Stalin orders a coup, Czechoslovakia is taken over by a new communist government and made to produce steel for the Soviet Union despite needing those raw material

  • Deutsche Mark

  • Berlin Blockade

  • The Berlin Airlift - 'Operation Vittles'

  • Joining Satellite States - Hungary

  • Formation of the German Federal Republic

  • Formation of the German Democratic Republic

  • Formation of NATO

  • Commander Curtis Le May Identifies 6000 Targets

    If the USSR were to declare war, the USA identified 6000 targets that would be hit

  • Comecon

  • Soviets lifted Berlin Blockade

  • USSR Successful Atomic Bomb

    Began working immediately after Nagasaki and Hiroshima. USA predicted success to be in 1953
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    'Brain Drain' of East Germany

  • USA Developed the Hydrogen Bomb

    1000 times more powerful than those dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima

  • USSR Tested Hydrogen Bomb

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Took Office

  • Josef Stalin Died

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    Cuban Revolution

  • Warsaw Pact

  • Hungarian Uprising

  • USA Developed U2-Spy Plane

    These planes were to take photos of Soviet weapons development

  • Nikita Khrushchev Emerged as Leader of USSR

  • Nagy Announces Leaving Warsaw Pact

  • Khrushchev Orders Soviet Invasion of Hungary

  • USSR Make 'Inter Continental Ballistic Missile'

    Could hit targets in America

  • USA test ICBM

    A guided airborne missile to deliver nuclear weapons

  • USSR Launch 'Sputnik'

    First ever satellite, this worried the USA

  • Announcement of Nagy Being Tried and Executed

  • Berlin Ultimatum Introduced

    The idea of East Berlin to be recognised as its own country by Western troops being withdrawn and Berlin becoming an independent country

  • Fidel Castro, a communist revolutionary, Topples Pro-American Government

  • Fidel Castro takes over American-Owned Business in Cuba

    Particularly agriculture and distributed these to his supporters, mainly people from the Cuban peasant farmer population

  • Geneva Summit

    Pros: Eisenhower invites Khrushchev to USA for further talks
    Cons: No agreements reached for how Berlin should be governed

  • Camp David Summit

    Pros: Soviets agreed to withdraw the Berlin Ultimatum, Established better relations and agreed to further talks in Paris
    Cons: No agreements on governing of Berlin made

  • Fidel Castro Has Allied With the USSR

    He signed a trade agreement with Khrushchev, giving Cuba $100 million in economic aid, as well as receiving arms from the USSR (summer of...)

  • Dwight Eisenhower Begins Drawing Up a Plan to Remove Communism from Cuba

    He did not want the US directly involved in Cuba; instead, he planned for a small group of 1400 anti-Castro Cuban exiles to invade Cuba. They would be trained, supplied with weapons and transported to Cuba by the USA (late...)

  • Paris Summit

    Pros:
    Cons: Soviet Union shot down a U2-spy plane flying over the Soviet Union (1st May 1960), USA claimed it was on off-course weather plane but the pilot (Gary Powers) was interrogated and admitted to being on a spy mission, Eisenhower refused to apologise, saying spy missions are unavoidable, Khrushchev walks out and no decisions are made

  • USA Developed Polaris Missiles

    First missile that can be fired from submarines

  • USSR Exploded Largest Hydrogen Bomb

    Bigger than all explosives used in WW11 combined

  • Kennedy Broke Off Relations With Cuba

    He continued preparations for an invasion using exiles and broke of relations in February by removing all Americans from Cuba

  • John F. Kennedy Inauguration

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

  • Vienna Summit

    Pros: Tried to solve difficulties with Soviet Union through talks
    Cons: Followed policy of building US military forces, Khrushchev saw Kennedy as inexperienced so thinks he can take advantage of him so brings back the Berlin Ultimatum, Kennedy refused to meet Khrushchev's demands, No decisions made over Berlin, Kennedy increases military spending by $2 billion

  • Building of the Berlin Wall

    (night of the 12th)

  • Kennedy Told Khrushchev He Intended to Build Missiles in Cuba

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    The Cuban Missile Crisis

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    Kennedy Talks With 'Hawk' and 'Dove' Advisors

  • Kennedy Imposed a Naval Blockade around Cuba

    To stop Soviet missiles reaching Cuba

  • Kennedy's TV Address

    Informing the American people of the potential threats and what he was going to do about it

  • Khrushchev Sends a Letter to Kennedy

    Informing him Soviet ships would break through the blockade

  • Soviet Ships Reach Blockade - and Turn Around

  • Kennedy Writes to Khrushchev

    Asking him to withdraw missiles from Cuba

  • Khrushchev Replies to Kennedy

    Saying he will withdraw the missiles if US does not invade Cuba and withdraws its missiles from Turkey

  • US Spy Plane Shot Down Over Cuba & Robert Kennedy (JFK's brother) Agrees to the Deal

  • Khrushchev Accepts the Deal

  • Direct Communications Hotline Between Moscow and Washington Set Up

  • 'I am a Berliner' Speech

    Speech made by President Kennedy speaking in West Berlin 'Ich bin ein Berliner'

  • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Signed

  • UK, France and China Have Atomic Bombs

  • Outer Space Treaty Signed

  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Signed

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    Détente

  • Novotny Replaced by Dubcek

    This decision is supported by the new Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev
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    Prague Spring Reforms

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    Soviet (Warsaw Pact) Invasion of Czechoslovakia

  • Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT 1)

  • Helsinki Conference (Accords)

  • Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT 2)

  • Berlin Wall Taken Down in a Peaceful Revolution