Cold War key dates 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryThe Cold WarGCSEEdexcel Created by: Katie19942002Created on: 31-05-18 14:47 1939 WW2 begins 1 of 52 1941 grand alliance between Britain, USA and the Soviet Union 2 of 52 1941 Germany invades Soviet Union 3 of 52 1943 Tehran conference 4 of 52 1945 USA detonates atomic bombs over Japan 5 of 52 1945 February Yalta conference 6 of 52 1945 July Potsdam confernce 7 of 52 1946 Kennans 'long' telegram 8 of 52 1946 Novikov telegram 9 of 52 1946 Churchill makes 'Iron Curtain' speech 10 of 52 1947 Truman doctrine 11 of 52 1947 Marshall Plan announced 12 of 52 1947 Communist government is Poland 13 of 52 1947 Cominform formed 14 of 52 1948 Communism in Czechoslovakia 15 of 52 1948 Berlin blockade 16 of 52 1949 Formation of Federal Republic of Germany 17 of 52 1949 NATO set up 18 of 52 1949 Formation of German Democratic Republic 19 of 52 1949 Comecon set up 20 of 52 1955 Formation of Warsaw Pact 21 of 52 1956 Hungary uprising 22 of 52 1959 Socialist revolution in Cuba overthrows President Batista 23 of 52 1959 Geneva Summit 24 of 52 1959 Camp David Summit 25 of 52 1961 Berlin Wall built 26 of 52 1961 Bay of Pigs incident 27 of 52 1961 Vienna summit 28 of 52 1962 Cuban missile crisis 29 of 52 1963 Limited test ban treaty 30 of 52 1963 President Kennedy visits Berlin 31 of 52 1967 outer space treaty 32 of 52 1968 Non-profileration treaty 33 of 52 1968 Brezhnev doctrine 34 of 52 1968 Warsaw Pact troops put down Prague Springs 35 of 52 1970 - 1980 detente 36 of 52 1972 SALT 1 agreement 37 of 52 1975 Helsinki agreements 38 of 52 1979 SALT 2 agreements 39 of 52 1979 Carter doctrine 40 of 52 1979 Soviet Union invades Afghanistan 41 of 52 1980 Moscow olympics 42 of 52 1983 Ronald Reagan makes 'Evil Empire' speech 43 of 52 1984 Los Angelas olympics 44 of 52 1985 Geneva summit 45 of 52 1985 Gorbachev becomes leader of Soviet Union 46 of 52 1986 Reykjavik summit 47 of 52 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster 48 of 52 1987 INF treaty 49 of 52 1989 Fall of Berlin wall 50 of 52 1991 Warsaw Pact dissolved 51 of 52 1991 Gorbachev removed from power 52 of 52
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