The Cold War - John Gaddis companion
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Updated: 13 Jul 2020
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Convergin of Russian and US troopsEnd of WWIIUS President Franklin D Roosevelt dies and is succeeded by Harry S TrumanClement Attlee defeats Winston Churchill in the national electionThe Nazi-Soviet Nonagression Pact is signed.First Nuclear Weapon TestGeorge Kennan sends the 'Long-Telegram'Nokolai Novikov telegrams MoscowStalin's February 9th speechCzechoslovakian communists seize power in the last Eastern European democracy.The Soviet Union tests an atomic bomb in the Kazakhstan desertMao Zedong proclaims the formation of the People's Republic of ChinaMao declares in a speech entitled 'On People's Democratic Rule' ally status with the Soviet UnionMao visits MoscowNorth Korea launches an invasion into South KoreaThe United Nations is foundedGeorge Marshall speaks at Harvard University - declares a need for US lead European Recovery Program - The Marshall PlanTruman orders US military intervention in KoreaKorean Armistice Agreement signed - Effectivly ending the Korean warChinese forces - The People's Volunteer Army - cross the Yalu river that borders North Korea and China and enter the Korean warThe US drops an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima in JapanThe US drops an atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki in JapanJoseph Stalin dies and is (eventually) succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev. Initially, Khruschev is appointed as the First Secretary, and Georgii Malenkov as Premier of the Soviet Union.Georgii Malenkov is removed as premierDwight D Eisenhower becomes the President of the United States of AmericaAmerica tests a hyrogen bombThe Soviets test a hydrogen bombThe Americans conduct Castle Bravo - the first in a nuclear test series designed to develop an aircraft-deliverable thermonuclear weapon.Winston Churchill becomes the British Prime Minister...againNikita Khrushchev addresses the Western block at the Polish embassy in Moscow and declares: "We will bury you". Iconic of an ongoing push back against the West.The 1955 Geneva Summit - a meeting of the leaders of the US, Soviet Union, Britain, and France.The U-2 spy plane flys over Moscow and Leningrad and confirms the limited capabilities of Soviet weaponsThe USSR captures U-2 pilot Francis Gary PowersJohn F Kennedy becomes the president of the United States of AmericaFidel Castro overthrows Cuba's president General Fulgencio Batista and establishes a socialist that that would eventually lead to the construction of the Communist Party of CubaSoviet Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person to orbit the EarthVienna Summit - Meeting between Kennedy and KhrushchevKennedy addresses the US and demands that the Soviets stop sending missiles to CubaThe Limited Test Ban Treaty (also called The Partial Test Ban Treaty) was signed - signaling a start of at least a desire to manage nuclear weaponsThe Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was signed to prevent the spread of nuclear weaponsThe Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was signedAmerican Neil Armstrong lands on the moonWinston Chruchill gives the Iron curtin speechTruman announces the Truman Doctrine - to assists victims of aggression - democracy strand against communismThe Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) is formed with Communist party leader Wilhelm Pieck as presidentThe German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formedWalter Ulbritcht becomes the First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of GermanyLavrentiy Beria becomes the First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union - leads the Soviet Union in a troika with Georgii Malenkov and Vyacheslav MolotovLavrentiy Beria is deposed in a coup d'état lead by Khrushchev who would assume power - Beria is killedKhrushchev makes his "on the cult of personality and its consequences" speech to the congress of the communist partyWładysław Gomułka is made First Secretary of the Polish United Workers Party - leader of Poland, without the approval of the Soviet UnionThe Stalinist leader of Hungary Matyas Rakosi is removed by KhrushchevThe Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutal Assistance is signedThe Berlin Wall is establishedKhrushchev is deposed and succeeded by Leonid Brezhnev, Alexei Kosygin, and Niokolai Podgorny in a Troika.
Brezhnev would eventually consolidate his rule in the 1970sChian Kai Sheck - the leader of the Nationalist and his party that had ruled what was the Republic of China, flee to Taiwan as Mao Zedong's Communist party risesThe Suez Crisi or The Anglo-French-Israeli Invasion of Egypt, also called the Secon-Arab-Israeli war or the Tripartite Aggression.President of South Vietnam Ngô Đình Diệm is deposed by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam - The Americans recognised the brutality of Diem's regime but were shocked at Diem's murderJohn F Kennedy is assassinated. He is succeeded by Lyndon B JohnsonThe American's bomb ports in North Vietnam, in Honoi and HaiphongKonrad Adenauer becomes the Chancellor of West GermanyThe East German president Wilhelm Pieck dies, his role is abolished and Walter Ulbricht becomes the Chairman of the Council of State - leader of East GermanyThe North Atlantic Treaty (now known as NATO) is signed to ensure collective Western security by military means against the Soviet UnionRichard Nixon becomes the president of the United States of AmericaNixon announces an invasion of CambodiaMao launches the Chinese Cultural Revolution at the Poltiburo in BeijingThe Sino-Soviet border conflict breaks out along the Soviet and Chinese border'Nixon goes to China'The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) end in the signing of the ABM treaty by Nixon and BrezhnevWilly Brandt becomes West German ChancellorThe beginning of the Watergate scandal - American security guard Frank Wills notices a break into the Democratic National Committee headquartersThe United Nations (UN) is founded to help ensure international peace and security following WWIIThe signing of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UNThe CIA is establish in the USAAyatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the Iranian Revolution, becomes the first supreme leader of Iran by overthrowing Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi - ending a 2500-yearold MonarchyNixon Resigns the Presidency following the Watergate scandal - Gerald Ford becomes PresidentThe Marxist government of Salvador Allende wins the democratic election in Chile and takes powerA coup against Chile's Marxist government overthrows Allende and puts an anti-communist government in power in Chile. This government is lead by Augusto Pinochet.The Warsaw Pact signed. Also known as the Warsaw Treaty Organisation (WATO)The Warsaw Pact invasion of CzechoslovakiaThe Jackson-Vankik amendment is singed in the US.The Helsinki Accords, or the Helsinki Final Act is signed - a major move to secure detente.Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Warsaw and kisses the ground.Margaret Thatched become the British Prime MinisterMao Zedong dies and is succeed by Hua GuofengDeng Xiaoping assumes power over the Chinese Communist Party in the roles of Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of the Central Military CommissionFuture first democratically elected president of Lech Walesa forms Solidarnosc (Solidaryt) - a party that would, in 1989, lead to the end of Communism in PolandRonald Reagan becomes President of The United States of AmericaJimmy Carter becomes President of The United States of AmericaMikhail Gorbachev establishes the position of President and becomes the last leader of the Soviet UnionLeonid Brezhnev dies and is succeeded by Yuri Andropov.The Soviet Union invades AfghanistanSaur RevolutionHerat uprising in AfghanistanPeriods
The Katyn MassacreYalta/Crimea ConferenceTehran ConferenceThe Bolshevik Revolution that leads to the establishment of the Soviet UnionThe 1954 Geneva Conference - a meeting of leaders from South Korea, North Korea, The People's Republic of China, the USSR, and the USA to discuss the dismantling of French IndochinaThe failed 'Bay of Pigs Invasion' - A full-scale invasion of Cuba by American-trained Cubans.Bandung Conference - a conference of newly independent states seeking neutrality during the cold-war - non-alignmentSix-Day Arab-Israeli warYom Kippur WarOgaden War
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