German303 Unit 5,6 Test

iron curtain origins

1945-1946

churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton Missouri (start of ideological division)

1946

NATO founded

1949

West germany (federal republic of germany) & east germany (german democratic republic) established

1949

stalin dies (& east berlin riots suppressed by soviet tanks)

1953

Khrushchev’s Secret Speech denounces Stalin

1956

Polish October reforms; Hungary’s uprising brutally crushed

1956

East germany - Workers protested poor conditions and wage cuts, but Soviet tanks violently crushed the uprising

1953

Poland - Poznań workers’ protests led to Gomułka’s return and limited reforms, though Poland stayed loyal to the USSR

1956H

Hungary - A nationwide revolt for democracy and neutrality was crushed by a Soviet invasion, resulting in thousands of deaths

1956

Prague Spring - Dubček’s liberal reforms were halted when Warsaw Pact troops invaded to restore hardline communist control

1968

fall of berlin wall - Mass protests and political pressure led East Germany to open its borders, symbolizing the collapse of communist rule

1989