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January 1945
Most Eastern European states are liberated by the Soviet Union
4-11th February 1945
Yalta Conference
Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill
The leaders of the USSR, USA and the UK at Yalta
April 1945
Roosevelt dies.
May 1945
WWII ends in Europe.
July 1945
Attlee becomes PM and the USA gains atomic weapons.
17 July-1 August 1945
Potsdam conference
Stalin, Truman, Attlee
The leaders of the USSR, USA and UK at Potsdam
August 1945
USA drops two atomic bombs on Japan.
September 1945
Japan surrenders
22nd February 1946
Kennan's 'Long Telegram' is sent.
6th March 1946
Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech.
June 1946
Communists win in Polish elections.
October 1946
Communists win in Bulgarian elections (75% popular vote).
November 1946
Communists win in Romanian elections (80% of the votes).
The Greek Civil War
The event that influenced Truman to implement financial aid to European nations rebuilding after the war (the Truman Doctrine).
January 1947
British and US zones in Germany merge to form Bizonia.
12th March 1947
Truman Doctrine announced.
March-April 1947
The Moscow Conference
June 1947
The Marshall Plan is announced by George Marshall.
February 1948
A new currency is introduced to the Western zones of Germany.
February-June 1948
The London Conference of Western powers
June 1948
Communists gain control of Czechoslovakia.
7th June 1948
The Deutsche Mark was introduced to the Western Zones of Germany and West Berlin. The West Germans are given permission to create a new constitution.
June 1948
The London Conference decided that Germany should have its own Constituent Assembly.
September 1948
Cominfrom created.
24 June 1948-12 May 1949
The Berlin Blockade
August 1949
The Soviet Union gains the A-Bomb
September 1949
NSC-68 is approved for recommendation
November 1949
FRG joins the Council of Europe
Andrei Zhdanov
Created the Zhdanov Doctrine as he viewed the world in two separate camps: communist and capitalist.
Boleslaw Bierut
Replaced Wladyslaw Gomulka as Polish deputy prime minister in 1948
Dean G. Acheson
Assistant Secretary of State (1941-1949) and Secretary of State (1949-1953)
Edvard Beneš
Czech president in 1946 but resigned in June 1948, leaving pro-Moscow communists in control.
January 1950
Defensive Perimeter Strategy
January 1950
Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury after passing on information to the USSR whilst working for the US State Department.
February 1950
China forms a military alliance with the USSR
February 1950
Stalin promises to provide North Korea with weapons indirectly.
April 1950
NSC-68 is presented and implemented.
25th June 1950
The Korean War starts when the North attacks the South.
27th June 1950
The USA sends troops to aid South Korea through the UN.
October 1950
Forces from China help North Korea in the war.
November 1950
China officially enters into war against South Korea.
Security Council 1950
The USSR boycotted them and as a result, did not have a say in whether troops were sent to Korea or not.
General Douglas MacArthur
Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP) implements the Defensive Perimeter Strategy
PRC
People's Republic of China (1949)
Kim Il-Sung
Leader of North Korea
Syngman Rhee
Leader of South Korea
Jiang Jieshi
Leader of Taiwan
Mao Zedong
Leader of the PRC
Joseph Dodge
Economic advisor to SCAP
'Super balanced budget'
Scheme for Japan to get a surplus of 157 million yen ($4 million).
GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
April 1951
MacArthur is dismissed as SCAP by Truman.
March 1951
The Rosenbergs were executed after being charged as communists.
June 1951
Peace is first proposed between North and South Korea.
September 1951
The San Francisco Peace Treaty
January 1953
Eisenhower becomes President.
March 1953
Stalin dies.
March 1953
Khrushchev becomes the leader of the USSR.
July 1953
A final peace agreement in Korea is reached.
Panmunjom Armistice Agreement
A demilitarised zone of 2km on either side of the 38th Parallel.
All military forces should withdraw to their territory.
The repatriation of prisoners should begin.
October 1953
NSC 182/2 is presented.
5 million deaths (10% of the pre-war population), 40,000 American deaths and 100,000 wounded.
The effects of the Korean War.
Joseph McCarthy
An American Republican senator between the years 1947 and 1957.
McCarthysim
Anti-communist sentiment and fears grew within America, leading to incredibly extreme reactions towards anyone perceived of being left wing.
Created in 1938 and made permanent in 1945.
The House of Un-American Activities Commission
January 1954
Dulles announces the 'massive retaliation' strategy.
July 1954
The Geneva Conference
Eisenhower and Khrushchev
The leaders of the USA and the USSR at the Geneva Conference.
September 1954
SEATO established.
John Foster Dulles
Secretary of State under Eisenhower
The Viet Minh
A nationalist, communist military force in Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh
Leader of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Dien Bien Phu
A huge military defeat for France in Indochina
Ngo Dinh Diem
Leader of the Republic of Vietnam.
17th parallel
Where Vietnam was divided at the Geneva Conference in 1954.
January 1955
The North decides to use revolutionary action to unite Vietnam
May 1955
West Germany joins NATO and the Warsaw Pact is set up, and Austrian State Treaty
May-July 1955
Geneva Summit
August 1955
Diem refuses to hold elections for reunification
1955
Hallstein Doctrine
February 1956
Khrushchev's secret speech
June-October 1956
The Polish Rising
August 1956
Collectivisation was underway in North Vietnam and agricultural production increased, however, 1 million refugees fled to South Vietnam
October-November 1956
The Hungarian Rising, 4000 Hungarian citizens were killed and 20,000 went into self-imposed exile.
1956
6000 people were killed in North Vietnam during a military revolt
May 1957
The USSR developed the first ICBM
October 1957
Sputnik is launched
November 1957
The Gaither Report is commisioned
November 1958
The Berlin Ultimatum
January 1959
Batista is overthrown by Castro
September 1959
Khrushchev visits Camp David
February 1960
Anastas Mikoyan, a Soviet Politburo member, offers Cuba economic and military aide.
1st May 1960
Power's U2 Spy Plane is shot down
May 1960
The Paris Summit
June 1961
Kennedy and Khrushchev meet in Vienna
July 1960
Castro promises to spread revolution across Central and Southern America
January 1961
John F. Kennedy is president
April 1961
The Bay of Pigs fiasco, Kennedy's first major failure
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