GCSE AQA Cold War timeline 1945-1972
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Updated: 4 Jun 2019
Timeline of the Cold War based on the AQA GCSE spec
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Yalta ConferencePotsdam ConferenceAtom Bomb dropped on HiroshimaPoland establishes communismHungarian communists
become the largest partyCzechoslovakian communists
control coalitionCzechoslovak coup d'etatRomanian communists
abolish the monarchyTito wins Yugoslavian electionThe Long TelegramLeft wing coalition in BulgariaChurchill's Iron
Curtain speechTruman Doctrine createdCominform createdCominform dissolvedYugoslavia expelled from CominformMarshall Plan createdComecon FormedLondon ConferenceMini-blockade and plane collisionEaster ParadeWest Germany formedEast Germany formedPeople's Republic of China
foundedTreaty of Friendship signedNSC-68 PresentedRepublic of Korea foundedDemocratic People's Republic
of Korea foundedChina enters the Korean warMacArthur dismissedStalemate is reachedKorean armistice signedGeneva ConferenceDeclaration of the Democratic
Republic of VietnamNATO formedTreaty of Dunkirk signedThe Treaty of
Brussels signedWest Germany
joins NATOWarsaw Pact formedSputnik 1 launchSputnik 2 launchExplorer 1 launchedLuna 3 launchedSputnik 5 launchedHam launchedFirst Man in SpaceAmerican in SpaceAmerican OrbitTelstar 1 launchedFirst Woman in SpaceFirst Space WalkApollo 8 LaunchedApollo 11 LandsSalyut 1 launchedSoviet Nuclear TestAmerican Hydrogen
Bomb TestSoviet Fusion
TestSoviet Hydrogen
Bomb TestSoviets test
Massive H-BombFirst U2 test flightU2 program
approvedFirst Series of
U2 flights endSpies in the U2U2 flights continueKhrushchev's
visit to the USAU2 CrisisParis Peace SummitFormation of the Hungarian
People's RepublicRajk ExecutedSecret SpeechStudent Protests in
BudapestNagy returns as leaderNagy starts reformationRadical reform and IndependanceOperation WhirlwindBerlin Wall went upCheckpoint Charlie
(standoff)Vienna SummitSik Reforms
start in practiceDubcek ReformsWarsaw Letter issuedInvasion of CzechoslovakiaBrezhnev DoctrineSALT I signedMoncada Barracks AttackCastro releasedBay of Pigs invasionU2 flyover of CubaKennedy's speechResponseSoviet Ship passesUS forces assemble
Khrushchev's first letterClose Conflict and ResolutionPartial Test Ban
Treaty SignedViet Cong formedParis Peace AccordsPeriods
StalinKhrushchevBrezhnevTrumanEisenhowerKennedyJohnsonNixonRooseveltSoviet ExpansionGreek Civil WarBerlin BlockadeBerlin AirliftChinese Civil WarKorean WarIndochina WarThe Space RaceThe Arms RaceDetenteCuban RevolutionVietnam War
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