The Cold War Key Dates

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1945
Yalta Conference
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1945 Potsdam Conference
Potsdam Conference
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1945
First US atomic bomb
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1946
Iron Curtain Speech
4 of 20
1947
Truman Doctrine & Marshall Aid
5 of 20
1947
COMINFORM
6 of 20
1948
Deutschmark introduced
7 of 20
June 1948
Berlin Blockade begins
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June 1948
Berlin Airlift begins
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1949
COMECON
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April 1949
NATO formed
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May 1949
Berlin Blockade and allied airlift ends
12 of 20
May 1949
Federal Republic of Germany set up (West Germany)
13 of 20
October 1949
German Democratic Republic set up (East Germany)
14 of 20
1949
First Soviet atomic bomb
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1952
First US hydrogen bomb
16 of 20
1953
First Soviet hydrogen bomb
17 of 20
March 1953 Stalin dies
Stalin dies
18 of 20
1953
Destalinisation
19 of 20
1955
Khrushchev develops Warsaw Pact
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Potsdam Conference

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1945 Potsdam Conference

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First US atomic bomb

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Iron Curtain Speech

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Truman Doctrine & Marshall Aid

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