Events
Assasination of Archduke FerdinandAustria-Hungary declared war on SerbiaRussia entered the warGermany declared war against RussiaGermany attacked FranceBritain declared war on GermanyParis Peace ConferenceUSA enters against GermanyWoodrow Wilson's Fourteen PointsTreaty of Versailles signedChina becomes communistAcheson’s Defense Perimeter SpeechUS and UN forces pushed the N.Koreans back to the 38th
parallelN.Korea invades S.KoreaChina enters warArmistice agreementLand Reform LawEmbargo on CubaBay of Pigs InvasionCuba’s alliance with the USSRSoviet Installation of missilesAmerican discovery of missile
deploymentKennedy informed of missilesAmerican brinkmanship (naval blockade)Cuban army mobilisedKhrushchev’s first appeal for peaceKhrushchev’s 2nd appeal for peaceU2 spy plane incidentKhrushchev accepts Kennedy’s dealKhrushchev removes the rest of the
missilesEstablishment of the Moscow-
Washington Hot LineLimited Test Ban Treaty signedMonroe Doctrine issuedUS advancement into N.KoreaUN & USA forces retaliateFormation of SEATOArmistice talks beganUSSR successfully exploded its first atomic bombTreaty of Portsmouth signedAnglo-Japanese AllianceMukden incidentJapan leaves LONAttack on Pearl HabourHiroshima (Little Boy)Nagasaki (Fat Man)Japanese surrenderAllies bomb an aircraft factory in TokyoBombing campaign intensifiedComintern set upStalin ask Allies to open a second front2nd front openedGermany surrendersTruman Doctrine/Containment PolicyMarshall PlanCominformWest Germany formedEast Germany formedNATO formedWarsaw Pact createdComeconChurchill's Iron Curtain speechSoviet Union dissolvedUS commercial treaty with Japan cancelled/Trade embergo imposed on JapanFall of the Berlin WallABM TreatyStrategic Defense Initiative (SDI)/Star Wars/ New Arms RaceReagon reduces aggressionUSSR economic recessionArticle 48 passedDawes PlanLocarno Treaties signedGermany enters LONYoung PlanImpacts of economic/political crisisStalin become Secretary-GeneralLenin diesTroika Alliance formedLenin's funeralTrotsky resigns as head of Red ArmyTrotsky expelledTrotsky assassinatedStalin becomes Supreme LeaderGorbachev and Reagan meetGorbachev and Reagan meetDe-ideologisation of Soviet foreign policyReichstag FireEnabling ActNight of Long KnivesHitler becomes fuhrerKristallnachtPeriods
WW1Both sides reach a stalemateKorean WarUS and Soviet withdrawal from KoreaChina pushes to 38th parallelCuban RevolutionCastro’s friendship with Khrushchev startsOperation MongooseCuban Missile CrisisGreat DepressionRusso-Japanese WarMarco Polo Bridge IncidentSecond Sino-Japanese WarCastro and Khrushchev agreed to exchange Cuban sugar for Soviet oilPotsdam ConferenceSoviets declare war on JapanUSA continued aerial bombings of mainland JapanCold WarRussian Civil WarYalta ConferenceUS develops at atomic bombsBerlin Blockade / Berlin AirliftSALTJapan invades ManchuriaJapan invades French IndochinaSoviet-Afghan WarAngolan Civil WarUSA economic recessionImplementation of ReaganomicsFinancial boom in the WestPeriod of Dente between USA and USSRNuclear Arms Race (USA & USSR)Arming of West Germany (NATO)Able Archer 83Rule of the Weimar RepublicHyperinflationStresemann EraFirst Five-Year-PlanGreat FamineThe Great TerrorGorbachev is leader of USSR
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