Key Dates - The Cold War

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When was 'The Tehran Conference'?
November, 1943
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When was the 'Yalta Conference'?
February, 1945
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When was the 'Potsdam Conference'?
July, 1945
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When was the coalition government set up in Poland?
June 1945
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When were the elections rigged in Poland?
January 1947
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When did an American B-29 bomber drop the world's FIRST EVER atomic bomb?
8:15am - 6th August - 1945
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When did Roosevelt die?
April, 1945
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When did Churchill lose the general election?
Halfway through the Potsdam Conference
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Who replaced Roosevelt when he died in April, 1945?
Harry Truman
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Why was Truman different from Roosevelt?
He distrusted Stalin
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As soon as WW2 ended, what did the Soviet Union do?
Tightened its grip on countries it had liberated, and expanded.
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When had the Soviet Union been invaded by Germany?
1914 and 1941
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When was the coalition government set up in Romania?
Early 1945
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When was the 'Yalta Conference'?

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February, 1945

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When was the 'Potsdam Conference'?

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When was the coalition government set up in Poland?

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When were the elections rigged in Poland?

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