A Level History - Cold War
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Updated: 20 May 2022
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Created byFrancis Forsyth
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First Indochina War BeginsBizonia createdCommunist Government elected in PolandMarshall becomes US secretary of stateTRUMAN DOCTRINE introducedTRUMAN DOCTRINE launchedMarshall Plan AnnouncedMoscow rejects the offer of US aid in the Marshall Plan.India and Pakistan independentCominform establishedUN Resolution Calling for General Elections in KoreaRomanian Monarchy AbolishedMoscow Conference of Foreign MinistersYalta conferenceVE DayPotsdam ConferenceHiroshimaRussia declares war on JapanNagasakiJapanese surrender - END OF WW2FDR DiesKorea liberated from Japan - Divided on 38th parallelStalin's "Election Speech"Kennan's "Long Telegram"Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speechBritish soldiers withdraw from Iran but Soviets stay - culmination of Iran CrisisMoscow agrees to withdraw soviet troops from IranGreek Civil War beginsUS Congress approves $3.7B loan to Britain for post-war reconstructionBulgarian Monarchy abolishes - 95% vote for peoples republicSoviet version of "Long Telegram"London Conference of Foreign MinistersCommunist party assumes control of CzechoslovakiaTreaty of BrusselsSoviets place restrictions on movement between allied-occupied zones and BerlinElections held in KoreaDeutsche Mark introduced in W GermanyBERLIN BLOCKADES. Korea establishedN. Korea establishedNATO FORMEDBerlin Blockade endsWEST GERMANY (FRG) FORMEDUSSR TESTS ATOMIC BOMB SUCCESSFULLYCCP win Chinese Civil WarEAST GERMANY FORMEDDefensive Perimeter SpeechSINO SOVIET PACTKMT move to TaiwanNSC-68Liberation of SeoulUN forces cross 38th parallel into N. KoreaChinese forces mobilise along the Yalu RiverPyongyang falls to UN forcesChina intervenes with 300,000 troopsChina intervenes again with 500,000 and UN pushed back to S. KoreaSeoul captured by ChineseSeoul recaptured by UNRosenbergs convicted of espionage - executed June 53Macarthur FiredEuropean Coal and Steel Community formed (treaty of Paris) - precursor to EUANZUS treaty signedMutual Security Act38th Parallel decided as line of demarcationTreaty of San FranciscoMarshall Plan endsUK tests Atomic BombEisenhower becomes presidentEisenhower defeats Adlai Stevenson in presidential electionsBalkan Pact signed by Greece, Turkey and Yugo.STALIN DIESEast German UprisingKorean War armistice signedCuban Revolution begins as Castro attempts to overthrow BatistaKhrushchev Takes power in USSRKGB created as successor to NKVDArmy-McCarthy hearings endFrench defeated at Dien Bien PhuGeneva Conference BeginsTaiwan Strait CrisisSEATO formedN. Korea invades S. KoreaMcCarthy's first claims that communists had infiltrated the US State DepartmentMacArthur has permission to deploy US troops in KoreaTruman sent 7th fleet into the Taiwan StraitPeriods
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