The cold war - Timeline
==1941==
June 1941 - Hitler attacks Soviet Union
June 1941 - Grand Alliance formed
==1943==
November 1943 - Tehran conference
- P - Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
- E - Military descisions
- E - 2nd front in Japan, international body to be set up to settle disputes
- R - N/A
==1945==
Febuary 1945 - Yalta conference
- P - Churchill, Rossevelt, Stalin
- E - Stalin to have influence over Europe, all countries freed from Nazi occupation to have free elections
- E - Germany divided into 4 zones - Britain, France, USA, USSR, Nazi party banned, UN set up
- R - Germany to pay $20 billion
May 1945 - VE Day
July 1945 - Potsdam
- P - Churchill→Atlee, Truman
August 1945 - USA drops atom bomb
==1946==
Febuary 1946 - Kennans Long telegram
March 1946 - Churchills iron curtain speech
September 1946 - Novikov Telegram
==1947==
January 1947 - Communist government elected in Poland
March 1947 - Truman Doctrine
June 1947 - Marshall aid plan
September 1947 - First cominform meeting
==1948==
Febuary 1948 - Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia
June 1948 - Berlin Blockade starts
==1949==
January 1949 - Comecon established
April 1949 - NATO formed
May 1949 - Berlin Blockade ends
May 1949 - communist government elected in Hungary
September 1949 - founding of Federal republic of Germany
October 1949 - German Democratic Republic founded
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June 1950 - Korean War
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November 1952 - USA successfully tests hydrogen bomb
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January 1953 - Eisenhower takes office
March 1953 - Stalin dies
July 1953 - War ended
August 1953 - Soviet union successfully tests hydrogen bomb
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May 1955 - West Germany joins NATO
May 1955 - Warsaw Pact
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1956 - Krushchev becomes prime minister
Febuary 1956 - Krushchev makes speech criticising Stalin
Hungarian Uprising
July 1956 - Rakosi falls from power
October 1956 - Budapest protest/ riot against communism
24th October - Krushchev agrees Nagy can be new prime minister
28th October - Soviet troops withdraw from Budapest - government promises free elections and freedom of speech
3rd November 1956 - Nagy announces Hungary is leaving the Warsaw Pact
4 th November 1965 - Hungarian Uprising crushed