1
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What was the alliance in WW2 called
A
“Shotgun Marriage of Convenience”
2
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When did Hitler commit suicide
A
April 30th 1945
3
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When did Germany surrender in WW2
A
May 8th 1945
4
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What ideology is the USA
A
capitalist
5
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What ideology is the USSR
A
communist
6
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What did the USSR want to create in Eastern Europe between itself and Germany
A
buffer zone
7
Q
What did the US want to do in Europe
A
Set up capitalist countries
8
Q
How many American soldiers were killed in the Russian Civil War
A
279
9
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How many British soldiers were killed in the Russian civil war
A
359
10
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Who did the USA and Uk back in the Russian civil war
A
whites
11
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Who did the French back in the Russo-Polish war
A
Poland
12
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When was the Russo Polish war
A
1920
13
Q
Who made the tanks for Poland in the Russo Polish war
A
Renault
14
Q
What speech did Churchill make about Bolshevism
A
“strangling Bolshevism in the cradle”
15
Q
When did Molotov visit London
A
1941
16
Q
What did Molotov have under his pillow when he visited London
A
revolver
17
Q
When did USSR sign the Nazi-Soviet pact
A
1939
18
Q
How many Polish soldiers were executed at the Katyn Forest Massacre
A
22,000
19
Q
Who did USSR invade in WW2 before 1941 Nazi invasion
A
Poland, Finland, Baltics
20
Q
What did the USSR let the Nazi’s crush
A
Warsaw Uprising
21
Q
When was the Warsaw uprising
A
1944
22
Q
What did the USSR back in Romania in March 1945
A
Communist coup
23
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Who did the USSR not go to war with until the very end of WW2
A
Japan
24
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Who did the USSR not invite back to their home countries
A
Governments in exile
25
How many UK/US soldiers were killed in WW2
1 million
26
How many Soviets were killed in WW2
25 million
27
What did Stalin feel the Americans were letting the Soviets do
all the fighting
28
Where did Stalin suggest attacking
Cherbourg or the Channel Islands
29
What did the USA keep a secret from the USSR
Atomic bomb
30
When did Stalin begin to set up communist governments in Eastern Europe
1945
31
How much of the vote did the Hungarian communists recieve in December 1945
17%
32
How many key posts in government did the Hungarian communists recieve in December 1945
3
33
What were the communists in the Czechoslovak government in 1945
minority party
34
How many seats did the communists recieve in the Czechoslovak provisional government
8
35
How many Poles were arrested by the Soviets between 1944-45
47,000
36
How many non communist politicians, who spent the war in London, were arrested upon their return to Poland
16
37
What did the US promise to collect from Germany
Reparations
38
Where did Stalin want the USSR Polish border to be
Curzon Line
39
Where did Stalin want the Polish Germany border to be
Oder Neise line
40
What conference was the atomic bomb tested during
Potsdam
41
When was the first nuclear test
16th July
42
When does Potsdam start
17th July
43
When did Clay announce the US would collect reparations from Germany only when there is a national plan for the German economy
May 1946
44
When did Molotov demand Germany should pay $10 billion
July 1947
45
What did Byres (us foreign minister) argue needed to happen to Germany before reparations could be collected
trade surplus
46
When was Bizonia formed
January 1947
47
Why did the London Conference 1947 fail
USA accused of betraying Potsdam
48
When was the second London conference
February-June 1948
49
Who wasn't at the second London conference
USSR
50
What was agreed at the second London conference
Western zones merge
51
When was the deutsche mark introduced
20th June 1948
52
When did the Berlin Blockade begin
23rd June 1948
53
How many seats did the Communist Bloc in Poland win in the January 1948 election
394
54
How many seats did the Peasant's Party in Poland win in the January 1948 election
28
55
What % of the vote did the communist front get in the November 1946 Romanian election
80%
56
When was the King of Romania forced to abdicate
December 1947
57
When was Jan Masaryk murdered
February 1948
58
What did Jan Masaryk's death mean
Communists takeover
59
Who was arrested in Hungary in spring 1947
Kadar
60
What party was Kadar the leader of
Smallholders party
61
When did the Hungarian Communist and Socialist parties merge
May 1948
62
When could candidates not from the Communist Independence Front in Hungary no longer stand
May 1949
63
What made the French and Italian communists less powerful
Marshall Plan
64
When did the UK announce it could no longer assist the Greeks in the Greek Civil War
January 1947
65
What did the Truman Doctrine aim to do
contain communism
66
How much was given to Greece and Turkey in the Truman Doctrine
$400 million
67
When did General Marshall make his offer for an aid package
June 1947
68
How much did the European countries ask for at the Paris Conference
$29 billion
69
What did the US want to encourage
United States of Europe
70
How much did the Marshall Plan give
$17 billion
71
When was COMINFORM set up
September 1947
72
What % of the vote did the communists get in France 1945 election
26%
73
What % did the Belgian communist party get in the 1945 eletion
25%
74
When was the Belgian Communist party leader assasinated by unknown gunmen
1950
75
When was the French communist party in coalition
1945-1947
76
When was the Belgian communist party in coalition
1946-1947
77
When was the Italian communist party in coalition
1946-1947
78
what was the requirement for Italy recieving Marshall aid
no communist coalition
79
How much did the US give to non communist parties in the 1948 Italian elections
$10 million
80
How much did the US believe the Italian communist party recieved from the USSR
$40 million a year
81
When did West and East Germany become separate countries
1949
82
When did a Soviet jet crash into a British cargo plane during the Berlin Blockade
April 6th 1949
82
When was NATO formed
1949
83
Why was the Berlin airlift successful
mild winter
84
When did USA get its first atomic bomb
1945
85
When did USSR get its first atomic bomb
1949
86
When was the Hydrobomb created
1952
87
When did Khrushchev threaten to nuke the UK
1956
88
When was the ICBM created
1957
89
When did Yuri Gagarin go to space
1961
90
When was the Tsar Bomb created
1961
91
When was Polaris submarine created
1962
92
When was the nuclear test ban treaty
1963
93
Who's step-son owned 30% of BMW in the West Germany
Josef Goebbel's
94
Who was interned by the Americans for 18 months after WW2 due to being the deputy head of foreign office's propaganda department
Kurt Kiesinger
95
When was Kurt Kiesenger a member of the Nazi party
1933-1945
96
When was the Stalin note
1952
97
When were Beria's proposals
1953
98
What did the Stalin note and Beria's proposals suggest
unified neutral Germany
99
When was West Germany allowed to join the EDC by France
1952
100
When did West Germany join NATO
1955
101
How long after West Germany joining NATO, was the Warsaw Pact formed
9 days
102
When was the Austrian State Treaty
1955
103
When did Adenauer launch the Himmerod Memorandom
1950
104
What did the East German Uprising End
Chance of German Reunification
105
How many people were killed in the East Berlin uprising
125
106
What were in Berlin during the East German Uprising
Soviet Tanks
107
When was Adenauer elected as West-German Chancellor
September 1953
108
How many East Germans left between 1945-61
3.5 million
109
Where was the standoff between tanks in Berlin
Checkpoint Charlie
110
Why was the US happy the wall was built
East Germany was unstable
111
When was the Berlin Blockade between
June 1948-May 1949
112
What % of Germany's coal did East Germany produce
0.5%
113
what % of Germany's iron did East Germany produce
1.655%
114
How much did the USSR take from East Germany in reparations between 1946-1953
$14 billion
115
How many miles was Berlin into the Soviet zone
200
116
How many people died trying to cross the Berlin Wall between 1961 and 1989
239
117
When did riots break out in Poland over increased work targets
June 1956
118
How many striking workers did the Polish Army massacre
56
119
Who did the Polish Communist Party make leader after worker strikes
Gomulka
120
What did Khrushchev plan to do with the Red Army if Gomulka was elected leader
invade Warsaw
121
When was Gomulka elected leader of Poland
October 20th 1956
122
Why did Khrushchev not invade Warsaw after Gomulka was elected leader
he promised to not leave Warsaw pact
123
Who did Khrushchev refuse to back as Hungarian Leader
Rakosi
124
Where was Rakosi forced to retire to
Kyrgyzstan
125
Who did Khrushchev appoint instead of Rakosi
Gero
126
When did riots break out in Hungary
23rd October 1956
127
What was pulled down when riots began in Hungary
Statues of Stalin
128
What did Gero do in response to the riots breaking out in Hungary
step down
129
Who came after Gero
Nagy
130
What did the riot start as
pro-Gomulka protest
131
How many Soviet troops massed in Hungary
30,000
132
What did Nagy want to leave
warsaw pact
133
When did Nagy ask Soviet troops to leave Budapest
28th October 1956
134
When did Nagy announce Hungary would leave the Warsaw pact
3rd November 1956
135
What was the USA's radio in Europe called
Radio Free Europe
136
When did Soviets take Hungary back
4th November 1956
137
Who was appointed as leader after Nagy
Kadar
138
What was Nagy's fate
execution
139
When did the USSR launch its first ICBM
1957
140
When did the USSR launch Sputnik
1957
141
When was the Bucharest Declaration launched
1966
142
What did the Bucharest Declaration contain
list of demands
143
When did Dubcek become leader of Czechoslovakia
January 1968
144
What was Dubcek's socialism called
Socialism with a human face
145
When did Dubcek announce the Prague Spring
April 1968
146
When was censorship abolished in Czechoslovakia
June 1968
147
What appeared in Czechoslovakia after censorship was abolished
anti-Soviet propaganda
148
When did Brezhnev complain to Dubcek
July 1968
149
When did Warsaw Pact countries invade Czechoslovakia
22nd August 1968
150
What was the Brezhnev Doctrine
country communist, stays communist
151
What was solidarity
trade union
152
how many members did solidarity have
8 million
153
How much did the US give solidarity per year
$50 million
154
What demands from Solidarity did the Polish government give in to
Masses on TV
155
When did Solidarity call for Poland to become a self-governing republic
1981
156
When was martial law introduced in Poland
1981
157
How many people went on a warning strike in Poland in 1981
14 million
158
Why was there a warning strike in Poland 1981
activist was beaten up by the police
159
What day did the warning strike in 1981 Poland begin
27th March
160
When did the Polish government reign in police brutality
30th March 1981
161
When was Solidarity outlawed
October 1982
162
When did Lech Walesa win the nobel peace prize
1983
163
who was the leader of solidarity
Lech Walesa
164
When was SALT 1 signed
1972
165
What did SALT 1 put a five year freeze on
creating missile launchers
166
How many anti-ballistic screens were each side allowed after SALT 1
2
167
How many nuclear warheads did the US have in 1970 compared to 1980
4,960 - 10,000
168
How many nuclear warheads did the USSR have in 1970 compared to 1980
2,216 - 7,840
169
When did West Germany sign the Basic Treaty
1972
170
What did the Basic Treaty do
West and East Germanies recognise eachother
171
When did East and West Germany join the UN
1973
172
What was the improvement in relations between West Germany and the Eastern Bloc called
Ostpolitik
173
What did Beria suggest
Unified, neutral Germany
174
What did Khrushchev agree to do at Geneva in 1955
move Soviet troops out of Austria
175
When did the Soviets move SS-20 missiles into Eastern Europe
1976
176
When did the US place Pershing missiles in Europe
1983
177
What was the US defence spending in 1980 compared to 1981
$71 billion - $147 billion
178
When was SDI launched
1983
179
When did the USSR shoot down a South Korean passenger plane
September 1983
180
When was a NATO wargame predicted to be a NATO invasion of the USSR by Andropov
November 1983
181
Who assured the US that Germany wouldn't quit NATO
Brandt
182
When was the Moscow Treaty
1970
183
What did the Moscow treaty make the USSR and FRG agree they have none of
territorial claims on each other
184
When were the Warsaw and Prague treaties
1970
185
What did the Warsaw and Prague treaties agree
similar to Moscow treaty but for Czechs and Poles
186
When was the Four Power Berlin treaty
1971
187
What did the four power Berlin treaty allow
traffic from West Berlin into East Berlin
188
When did the US Congress refuse to ratify SALT II
1979
189
When did China replace Taiwan at the UN
1971
190
When did Nixon visit China
1972
191
When was the Helsinki Agreement signed
August 1975
192
What did the Helsinki Agreement agree
post-war borders
193
What did the USSR make a vague agreement about at the Helsinki Agreement
respecting human rights
194
in the late cold war, what was the % GDP of the Soviet Union compared to the USA's
37%
195
How much % of USSR's spending was on Military in 1989
27%
196
How much GDP % did the USA spend on military in 1989
7%
197
How much was the USSR spending per year on defence in 1989
$134 billion
198
How much was the USSR spending per year on defence in 1989
$254 billion
199
How many Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan initially
50,000
200
When did Soviet troops invade Afghanistan
December 1979
201
How many Soviet were killed in Afghanistan
14,000
202
How much did the Soviet Afghan war cost per year
$8 billion
203
How much were the Mujahedeen given per year by the US
$1 billion
204
What weapon did the US give to the Mujahedeen
stinger missiles
205
How much did the US estimate the Soviet-Afghan war costed per year
$20 billion
206
What did Perestroika allow people to own
small businesses
207
What did Glasnost allow
free speech
208
What disaster did Glasnost allow people to discover
Chernobyl
209
When was the Democratic Union established
1988
210
When were the deputies for the new Congress of People's Deputies elected
May 1989
211
What did the deputies for the new Congress of People's Deputies criticise openly
government
212
What had become more powerful than the Supreme Soviet by 1991
Congress
213
When was Article 6 of the constitution cancelled
February 1990
214
What did Article 6 of the constitution being cancelled do
Gave communist party leading role
215
What happened in the Congress of people's Deputies in March 1990
communists lost seats
216
Who won in Baltic state elections in February 1990
nationalist parties
217
When did Baltic states declare independence
March-April 1990
218
Who did Perestroika allow competition between
SSRs
219
When was SDI scrapped
1987
220
When did the Brezhnev Doctrine end
1989
221
What was seriously discussed at the Reykjavik Summit 1986
banning nuclear weapons
222
What was agreed at Washington summut in 1987
INF treaty
223
When was the INF treaty signed
1988
224
What did the INF treaty eliminate
all short and medium range land based nuclear missiles
225
How many missiles had been destroyed by 1991 due to INF treaty
2,692
226
What did Reagan say at the Moscow Summit in 1988
USSR wasn't "evil empire"
227
What did the Hungarian Communist Party reform to be at the end of the cold war
Hungarian Socialist party
228
When did the Hungarian Socialist Party enter a coalition government
1994
229
What did the Bulgarian socialist party reform as at the end of the cold war
Democratic socialist party
230
What did the Bulgarian socialist party enter in 1992
coalition government
231
When did the Bulgarian socialist party win a majority
1994
232
When did Solidarity win the first Polish elections
1990
233
When did Czechoslovakia split up
1993
234
When was the Romanian revolution
December 1989
235
How many were killed in the Romanian Revolution
1,000 people
236
When was the dictator of Romania, Ceausescu, killed
25th December 1989
237
When did the NSF (party formed in revolution) lose power in Romania
1996
238
How many were killed in the Yugoslavian civil war
200,000
239
What caused people to lose $1.2 billion in Albania in 1997
Ponzi schemes
240
When do East and West Germany merge
2nd October 1990
241
When did the USSR supress the Baltic states violently at the end of the cold war
January 1991
242
How many are killed in Lithuania during violent protests at the end of the Cold War
19
243
Who did Gorbachev make the leader of the Kazakh SSR in 1986
ethnic Russian
244
When were there riots in Almaty
December 1989
245
When was the Nagorno-Karabakh War
1988-1994
246
How many were killed in the Nagorno-Karabakh war
20,000
247
When was the New Union Treaty drawn up
November 1990
248
When was a referendum on the New Union Treaty held
March 1991
249
How many republics voted for the new union treaty
9
250
How many republics boycotted the new union treaty
6
251
What was the August coup an attempt to do
stop breakup of USSR
252
Who rallied the crowds against the August coup
Yeltsin
252
Who was kidnapped in the August Coup
Gorbachev
253
When did Ukraine leave the USSR
December 1991
253
How many republics refused to ratify the new union treaty due to the August coup
9
254
When was the USSR ended
25th December 1991
255
What % of Yugoslavia was Serbian
36%
256
What % of Yugoslavia was Bosnian
9%
257
When was a leader of the Croatian nationalist party assasinated in Parliament by a Serbian MP
1929
258
When did Germany invade Yugoslavia in WW2
1941
259
How many Serbians did the pro-Nazi Croatian government kill
500,000
260
When did Tito die
1980
261
When was the constitution of Yugoslavia changed to be a joint ruling council with one member from each region
1974
262
How much did Real earnings in Yugoslavia fall by percentagewise between 1979 and 1985
25%
263
Which Serbian politican pushed for "Greater Serbia"
Milosevic
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