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when was berlin wall built
1961
who was berlin wall built buy
USSR - khrushchev
how long was wall
1300 km
why was wall built
berlin had a refugee problem - many east germans crossed into west germany via berlin
what was berlin ultimatum
stated that berlin belonged to east gerany and that any tropops must leave in 6 months
what was a consequence of berlin wall
standoff at checkpoint charlie
when did kennedy visit west berlin
1963
what did kennedy do in west berlin
‘ich bin en berliner’ speech
what was his speech about
it was an expression of solidarity with people of west berlin
why did summit meetings begin
Sov. union didn’t want to go to war with usa as they know they would loose.
where were the 4 summit meetings
geneva, camp david, paris, vienna
when was geneva summit
may 1959
who was at geneva summit
foreign ministers
when was camp david summit
sept 1959
who was at camp david
eisenhower and khrushchev
when was paris summit
may 1960
who was at paris
eisenhower and khrushchev
when was vienna
june 1961
who was at vienna
kennedy and khrushchev
when was cuban missile crisis
1962
why did the cuban missile crisis begin
soviet nuclear missiles were placed on cuba - this was very close to USA
when was bag of pigs invasion
april 1961
what was the original idea for bag of pigs
cuban exiles trained by CIA were to invade cuba - this way it would not look like the USA were doing so
what acctualy happened at BOP
planes recognised as US
castro new of invasion in advance - us troops were forced to surrender as castro came prepared
impact of BOP
USA cuban relationship shattered
USA USSR tentions increased
USSR cuban relationship increased - more soviet weapons
when was kennedy informed that US spy planes had found missiles sites on cuba
16th october 1962
when did Kennedy decide to blockade cuba
22oct 1962
whne did usa and soviet union prepare for immediate attack
25th oct 1962
when did khrushchev offer to remove missiles if USA did the same to italy and turkey
26th oct
whne did khrushchev agree with usa deal of never attacking on cuba if missles from turkey and italy were removed
28th oct
consequences of CMC
soviet missiled withdrwan
usa missiles with drawn
usa never invade cuba
hightened tentions between superpowers
who was czechoslovakian leader in 1968
dubcek
what did dubcek’s reforms result in
prague spring
what was paige spring
a period of increase political tension in 1868
how did rest of communist world respond to prague spring
fears that it would lead to collapse of soviet rule
what were 3 examples of prague spring reforms
more political freedom
limited decentralisation of economy
reduced censorship
when did soviets invade czechoslovakia
20-21st against 1968
how many people were killed at soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
less than 100
who was brezhnev
ussr leader after 1964
what was brezhnev doctrine
brezhnevs justification as to why he invaded
what did brez say in his speach
if there is a capitalist threat in a communist country then soviet union and satilite stated have the right to invade
one consequence czechoslovakia invasion
increased rivalry between china and soviets and china critiqued the invasion of a fellow communist country