Cold war Flashcards by Leo Reid

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Yalta Conference

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February 1945

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Victory in Europe (VE Day)

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May 8 1945

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Potsdam Conference

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July-August 1945

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Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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August 6 & 9 1945

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Berlin Blockade and Airlift

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June 1948 - May 1949

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NATO founded

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1949

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Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) proclaimed

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1949

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German Democratic Republic (GDR) proclaimed

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1949

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North Korea invades South Korea

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1950

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First H-bomb (USA)

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1952

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Korean War Armistice

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1953

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Geneva Accords (dividing Korea & Vietnam)

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1954

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Warsaw Pact founded

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1955

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First ICBM (USSR)

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1957

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Sputnik launched (USSR)

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1957

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Yuri Gagarin in space (USSR)

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1961

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OECD created

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1961

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Bay of Pigs invasion failure

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April 1961

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Berlin Wall construction begins

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August 1961

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Checkpoint Charlie standoff

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October 1961

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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October 1962

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Kennedy “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech

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1963

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Détente period

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1963-1975

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Limited Test Ban Treaty

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1963

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

1964

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

1968

First Moon Landing (Apollo 11)

1969

Nixon visits China

1972

SALT I agreements signed

1972

Paris Peace Accords

1973

Yom Kippur War & Oil Crisis

October 1973

Apollo-Soyuz mission

1975

Helsinki Final Act signed

1975

USSR deploys SS-20 missiles

1977

SALT II signed

1979

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

December 1979

Reagan inaugurated

1981

Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader

1985

Hungary moves towards free elections

March 1989

Hungary removes border fence with Austria

May-June 1989

East Germans flee via Hungary

Summer 1989

Fall of the Berlin Wall

November 9 1989

Lithuania declares independence

1990

German reunification

October 3 1990

End of the Soviet Union

December 25 1991