Cold War course
Category: History
Updated: 3 months ago
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Grand Alliance (USA, Britain, USSR) formedTehran ConferenceYalta ConferenceVE DayPotsdam ConferenceUSA drops nuclear bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki(Delayed) Second Front OpensFranklin D. Roosevelt diesWinston Churchill replaced by Clement AttleeTreaty of San FranciscoLong TelegramChurchill's Iron Curtain SpeechNovikov TelegramTruman Doctrine announcedMarshall Plan announcedCominform set upComecon establishedCommunist-led Polish Government set upCzechoslovakia becomes communistHungary becomes communistOperation Vittles (Berlin Airlift) beginsFederal Republic of Germany (West) is formedFirst Chancellor of FRG, Konrad Adenauer, takes officeGerman Democratic Republic (East) is formedNATO is formed (12 countries)North Korea invades South KoreaWest Germany joins NATOWarsaw Pact Formed (8 countries)USSR develops the atomic bombUSSR tests the hydrogen bombUSA tests the hydrogen bombUSA tests first ICBMUSSR tests first ICBMEisenhower becomes PresidentStalin diesNikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet leaderKhrushchev's 'Secret Speech'Geneva Summit (1955)People of Hungary begin protestingNagy announces proposed reformsImre Nagy is executedSEATO is formed (8 countries)General Douglas MacArthur dismissedKhrushchev's Berlin Ultimatum issuedGeneva Summit (1959)Camp DavidAmerican U-2 spy plane shot down over USSRParis Summit ConferenceJFK becomes PresidentKhrushchev withdraws the Berlin UltimatumVienna SummitKhrushchev renews the Berlin UltimatumBerlin Wall is constructedKilling of Peter FechterKennedy's 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speechFidel Castro becomes leader of CubaCastro signs agreement with KhrushchevUSA imposes trade embargo on CubaThe Bay of Pigs IncidentU-2 spy plane shows USSR missile launch sites in CubaUSA sets up a naval blockade around CubaKhrushchev orders Soviet ships to turn aroundKhrushchev's First telegram (26 Oct)Khrushchev's Second telegram (27 Oct)Missiles removed from Turkey and CubaHotline set up:
Direct communications line between Washington and MoscowNuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty signedKhrushchev removed from officeAlexander Dubček becomes leader of the Czech governmentPrague Spring reformsSoviet invasion of CzechoslovakiaLeonid Brezhnev becomes Soviet leaderDubček removed from officeBrezhnev Doctrine set outLimited Test Ban Treaty signedChina successfully detonates its first nuclear bombLucky Dragon incidentOuter Space Treaty signedKennedy shot, LBJ becomes PresidentNixon becomes PresidentChicago riotsWorld Table Tennis Championships
(Ping-Pong Diplomacy)Shanghai CommuniquéNixon visits ChinaIntroduction of 'Ostpolitik'SALT 1 signedPeriods
Berlin BlockadeKorean WarThe Hungarian UprisingCuban Missile Crisis
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