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

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June 1957 - USA launches 1st IBCM

August 1957 - Soviet Union tests first IBCM

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June 1958 - Nagy is executed

November 1958 - Berlin Ultimatum

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May 1959 - Geneva Summit

September 1959 - Krushchev visits USA - Camp David

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May 1960 - Geneva Summit

May 1960 - Paris Summit

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June 1961 - Vienna Summit - Berlin ultimatum renewed

August 1961 - construction of Berlin Wall

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June 1963 - Kennedy visits Berlin - ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’