The Cold War
Category: Other
Updated: 29 Oct 2018
Based on the WACE Modern History syllabus; Unit 4 Elective 1 The changing European world.
Colour code:
- Red: Eastern European affairs
- Blue: Western European affairs
- Gold/brown: East and West (either unity or war)
- Green: other
- Yellow: Yugoslavia
- Forest green: Eastern Europe post-Cold War
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Created bySarah Clarke
Attachments
Events
Atlantic CharterDeclaration by United NationsTehran ConferenceYalta ConferencePotsdam ConferenceRussia takes Berlin'Sinews of Peace' SpeechTruman DoctrineTensions peak in TurkeyCominformThe Marshall PlanBrussels PactComeconNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganisationSchuman DeclarationTreaty of Paris: the ECSCEDC fails in the French ParliamentWarsaw PactSuez Crisisde Gaulle becomes French PresidentEuropean Free Trade Association FormedCommon Agricultural Policy formedFranco-German Treaty of FriendshipBritain rejected entry into the EEC by de GaulleLuxembourg CompromiseBritain rejected entry into the EEC by de GaulleFull customs union created in the EECde Gaulle resigns; Pompidou PresidentParis SummitThe UK, Denmark and Ireland join the EECFirst meeting of the European CouncilFirst elections of the European ParliamentGreece joins the EECSingle European Act signedChernobyl DisasterPortugal and Spain join the EECSchengen AgreementMaastricht TreatyAustria, Finland and Sweden join the EECTreaty of AmsterdamEuro introduced in 11 countriesTreaty of NiceSingle Market created in EuropeMilosevic OverthrownCeausescu becomes General Secretary of RomaniaPope John Paul II visits PolandSolidarity founded in PolandBrezhnev diesGorbachev appointed General Secretary of the USSR27th Party Congress (USSR)Kennan Long TelegramDetonation of First LightningBerlin Wall goes upFRG joins NATOAustrian State TreatyStalin's DeathAmerican President Dwight EisenhowerThe People's Republic of China is foundedThe Kitchen DebateStrategic Defense Initiative introducedNegotiations for START beganPeriods
Prague SpringGreek Civil WarBerlin BlockadeEmpty Chair CrisisWorldwide economic recessionNATO Bombing of YugoslaviaMartial Law in Poland20th Congress of the CPSU
Khrushchev's 'Secret Speech'Grouping
Pertaining to Detente
Events
Assassination of President Kennedy
American President JohnsonUS sends 300 000 troops to Vietnam in 1964Tet OffensiveBrezhnev becomes General SecretaryGrand Coalition formed in the FRGde Gaulle visits MoscowKosygin visits FranceRichard Nixon becomes US PresidentWilly Brandt becomes FRG ChancellorMoscow TreatyWarsaw TreatyErich Honecker becomes Chancellor of the GDRFour-Power Treaty on BerlinPRC recognised as sole representative of ChinaMoscow SummitSALT I signedThe Basic Treaty signedTreaty of Prague signedNixon resigns; Ford becomes PresidentHelsinki Accords signedCarter becomes PresidentAgreement reached on Salt IIVladivostok SummitAmerican embassy in Iran is stormedUSSR invades AfghanistanPeriods
Cuban Missile CrisisIranian RevolutionTreaties of Rome
Yugoslav Wars
Events
Croatian Democratic Union elected in CroatiaLast meeting of the Congress of the Communist League of YugoslaviaThe UN placed an arms embargo on YugoslaviaSlovenia and Croatia declare independenceSiege of Sarajevo startsDeclaration of Sovereignty by Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina declare independenceBosnian Serbs have control of 70% of BosniaDayton Peace AccordsPeriods
Bosnian WarOperation Deliberate Force1956 Hungarian Uprising
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Poland
Baltic States
Hungary
Bulgaria
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