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East European states liberated by USSRYalta ConferenceWar in Europe endsUSA successfully test their atomic bombPotsdam ConfereceAtomic bombs dropped on JapanJapan surrendersKennan's Long TelegramIron Curtain SpeechCommunists win the Polish Electioncommmunists win 75% of the vote in BulgariaBritish and US zones merge in GermanyTruman DoctrineCominform createdDeutsche Mark introduced
Authorised constitution for West Germany
London conference recommends Consistuent AssemblyCommunist control of CzechoslovakiaNATO is formedWest Germany is formedEast Germany is formedUSSR test first nuclear weaponTruman approves NSC-68 recommendationsCommunist victory in ChinaFRG joins the Council of EuropeStrategic Perimeter is suggested round AsiaStalin provides North Korea with miitary equipmentChina forms a military alliance with the USSRNSC-68 is presentedNorth Korea invades South, UN demands withdrawalChinese forces enter war on NK sideTruman dismisses MacArthur in the Korean WarFirst attempts at peace talks.
Korean War stalemateStalin dies which extends the peace talksPeace Agreement in Korea - Panmunjom Armistice AgreementMarshall Plan aka European Recovery Program is launchedHouse of Un-American Activities Committe is permanentNSC 162/2 is presentedUSA is paying 75% of the costs of the war between France and VietnamGeneva ConferenceWest Germany is admitted to NATODulles announces Massive Retaliation strategySEATO is establishedWarsaw Pact is formedAustrian State TreatyGeneva SummitDiem refuses to hold electionsKhrushchev's secret speech, announcement of DestalinisationKhrushchev's Ultimatum - West pull their forces out of West Berlin within six months. Berlin CrisisFidel Castro takes powerNorth Vietnam decides to take revolutionary violence to reunite VietnamCamp David Talks - inconclusiveSoviet Politburo offers aid to CubaThe Paris Summit fails due to U-2 Spy Plane shot downCastro promises to spread revolution across Central+South AmericaNLF formed from various groups that were pro-nationalist. 10 point planJapan's rearmament
110000 ground troops
7600 maritime personnelJapan's rearmament
140k Self Defence Force
$240M funding from USAAcheson's White Paper justified withdrawing support from nationalistsThe USSR develops their first ICMBSputnik is launchedThe Gaither Report is commissionedYuri Gagarin is the first man in spaceBerlin Wall starts being builtKennedy makes his 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speechLaika launched into space and never returnedUSA gov authorised $1 billion for rechnological space programUSA launches 63 space missions compared to USSR 15US Discover satellite program makes U2 spy planes obsoleteSLBM in development alongside Thor, Polaris and Minuteman systemBemuda conference - Eisenhower negotiate a deal with UK to store ICBMs in BritainNATO members agree to allow American ICBMs in their statesUSA reject the ultimatum despite a desire to reduce risk of confrontationStrategic Hamlet ProgramBay of Pigs failed invasionKennedy authorises Operation Mongoose- aimed to remove Castro from powerKhrushchev sends missiles to Cuba - Operation Anadyr- doesn't tell MAOBuddhist monk self immolatesMoscow Test Ban Treaty/ Limited Test Ban TreatyDiem is assassinated in a coup, possibly CIA leadGulf of Tonkin resolution agreed upon by US congressKhrushchev removed from officePleiku incident occursBattle of la Drang ValleyTet OffensiveDubceck is appointed leader of CzechoslovakiaJohnson announces he will not stand for reelectionDubceck's Action programme is announcedPreliminary Vietnam war peace talks begin in ParisNuclear Non-Proliferation TreatySoviet troops move into PragueTsar Bomba dropped - largest weapon ever detonatedHotline set upNixon DoctrineCzechoslovakia Falls after the Prague SpringBrezhnev Doctrine - no socialist state can adopt policies endangering international socialism, USSR can intervene in any Soviet-bloc nationChancellor Willy Brandt visits East Germany and Ostpolitik - recognising E/Germany as a stateSALT initiated - freezes both sides' number of ballistic missile launchersSalvador Allende becomes Marxist President of Chile by democratic meansPing Pong DiplomacyMoscow summit - 12 principles agreed on for relations between US and USSRVladivostok SummitInterim Agreement on SALT 1 - expire 1977Moscow Summit
SALT 1 is agreedCarter wanted more arms reduction! Brezhnev rejected it due to prev agreementSino Soviet border fighting - Zhenbao IslandSoviet station troops in Kazakhstan in response to Chinese hostilitySecond border disputes along XinjiangKissinger secretly visits MoscowParis Peace Talks reach a significant state of agreementParis Peace Agreements finalisedLast US troops withdraw from VietnamUS stops bombing CambodiaThe USA closes its embassy and leaves Vietnam, Vietnam is united as one independent single stateKissinger meets with Le Duc ThoPreliminary Peace talks begin in ParisOperation Menu is activated in Cambodia!!Nixon announces Vietnamisation policyNVA launch spring offensiveCambodia's Head of state overthrown by the Khmer Rouge - Pol PotUS commit 20000 ground troops to Cambodia but Nixon plans of removing 150000 troops from South vietnamNixon activated Operation Lam Son 719 which supports ARVN invasion of LaosUS starts building relations with China by relaxing trade and travel restrictionsKissinger visted Beijing, agreed to a further presidential visit and a Sino American summit meeting in 1972Nixon visits ChinaThe Basic Treaty is signedThe Helsinki Accords are finalisedThe Vienna SummitWilly Brandt is Chancellor of West EuropeNo-aggression Pact between USSR and West GermanyTreaty of WarsawFormal diplomatic relations between USA and ChinaUSSR invades AfghanistanCarter Doctrine announcedUS measures to the USSRThatcher visits Reagan- honeymood periodThatcher allows Reagan to launch F-111 bombers in LibyaPope John Paul II visited PolandSolidarity FormedSoviet Politburo decide not to take military action for fear of armed resistanceGeneral Wojciech Jaruzelski is Com Party Leader in PolandJaruzelski imposes Martial Law, Union banned, leaders imprisioned(Korean Airlines) KAL 007 shot down by SovietsPortugese/Mozambique+Angola warsLisbon authoritaian gov overthrown in PortugalChinese sent 120 advisers to aid the FNLA 2 undermine MPLA12000 Cuban troops supporting the MPLAMPLA declared the creation of the People'
s Republic of AngolaSouth Africa intervention in AngolaSoviet Union and Cuba Treaty of FriendshipUSA realise FNLA was not going to win power struggleCuba had 52k troops in Angola, provided assistanceSomalia invade OgadenEmperor Haile Seladdie overthrown by Marxist-Leninist Colonel Mengitsu Haile MariamCastro decided to assist revolutionary movements in Ethiopia sending 15k troopsSomalian-Ethiopian conflict end when Somalian troops withdrawPinochet leads a coup that kills+overthrows AllendeReagan invades Grenada - 7k strong invasion forceReagan forms an anti-com group to support the Contras in NicaraguaFSLN seize power from General Anastasio Somoza in Nicaragua, Carter recognises, Reagan saw them as communistMajor Contra attack due to US support, Sandinistas impose censorship, restrictions, conscriptionUSSR suffers crop failures and food shortagesReagan visits Britain, delivers damning speech on USSRGeneva talks - START talks begin, USSR abandon talks for a while due to US missiles in EuropeThatcher becomes Prime MinisterAnother crop shortage suffered27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Perestroika announced - restructuringChernobyl disasterGlasnost announced.Strategic Defense Initiative announced, never developedEuropean Commission set up trade and cooperation agreements with individual Comecon member states.OPEC makes oil prices drop - impacts USSR stronglyGeneva SummitReykjavik SummitWashington Summit - INF treaty signed, withdraw of USSR from AfghanistanMoscow Summit to agree on STARTPoland ends its ban on SolidarityFree Elections held in Hungary, overwhelming election victory by Polish Solidarity candidatesSolidarity is invited to form a coalition gov, later becomes (with Sov agreement) a wholly pro-Solidarity govHungary permits East Germans to enter Austria via HungaryEric Honecker Resigns as East German LeaderCzechoslovakia - Velvet RevolutionCOLLAPSE OF THE BERLIN WALLEast/West Germ. agree to remove land mines on the frontier, cultural exchange,East Germany ceased to exist, incorporated into the Federal Republic of GermanyEast German gov change the constitution, negotiations of reunification startCzechoslovakia - demonstration in memory of a suicide of a Czech student. Started other opposition movementsLast soviet soldiers removed from AfghanistanSandinisas agreed to elections to be held on the 25th of Feb 1990Violeta Chamorro wins the election in NicaraguaUS contribute $6m to Duarte's campaignPeace agreements signed in El SalvadorUN supervised elections in El SalvadorCollapse of all Eastern European governments apart from AlbaniaGorby announced intention to reduce support in Angola for MPLAMajor Angola MPLA OffensivePeriods
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Western PowersBerlin BlockadeKorean WarUS President - EisenhowerUS President - TrumanStalin rules the USSRKhrushchev rules the USSR (ONLY CONSOLIDATED FROM 1956, after power struggle)Offensive in KWCounter offensive of KWStabilisationstalemateMcCarthyismPolish RisingHungarian RisingJFK is presidentGeorgy Malenkov13 days - Cuban Missile CrisisBrezhnev Era of USSROperation Rolling ThunderDetente - Easing of strained relations between USA and USSRNixon is presidentJohnson is PresidentFord is PresidentMao is Chairman of the People's Republic of China (PRC)First Five-Year Plan (1953–1958).Great Leap ForwardCultural RevolutionHua Guofeng leads PRCDeng Xiaoping is Paramount leader of the PRCOperation Linebacker 1Carter is PresidentReagan is PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush is PresidentAndropov rules the USSRChernenko -USSRGorbachev rules the USSR30000 Polish workers on strikeAngolan Civil WarThe 40 CommitteeNew time periodEvent progress
Soviet Gross National Product spent on military
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