history: cold war

• when and where was the tehran conference?


  nov 1943 (in iran)
• when and where was the yalta conference?


  february 1945 (in USSR)
• when and where was the potsdam conference?


  july 1945 (near berlin)
• when was the truman doctrine?


  12 March 1947
• what was announced in truman doctrine?


  opposition to communism, $400 million to Greece and Turkey
• when was the marshall plan?


  5 June 1947
• who announced the marshall plan?

  US secretary of state George Marshall
• financial stats of marshall plan


  gave $12.7 billion between 1948 & 1952
• when was cominform started?


  22 September 1947
• why were yugoslavs important to cominform?


  • strongest supporters
  • headquarters in Belgrade until Yugoslavia expelled in June 1948
• what was the aim of cominform?


  • Stalin can govern satellite states
  • stop Eastern Europe from taking Marshall Plan Aid
• when was comecon started?


  22 Jan 1949
• what did Stalin use comecon for?


  • organise trade and credit agreements
  • after 1953, organise industry in satellite states
• how was bulgaria's trade affected by comecon?


  trade with other comecon members increased from around 10% in 1930s to more than 90%+ in 1951
• when did bizonia become trizonia?


  1948
• when was the deutschmark started?


  June 1948
• when was the berlin blockade put up?


  June 1948
• how did stalin put up the berlin blockade?


  shut off land routes so they couldn't get supplies
• berlin airlift stats


  • 275000 flights, carried in 1.5 million tonnes of supplies
  • everyday 1000+ tonnes
• when did the soviets take down the berlin blockade?


  12 May 1949
• when was nato formed?


  April 1949
• why was nato formed?

  in order for Western powers to protect eachother from communism, militarily
• when did nato allow west germany to join


  May 1955
• when and why was the warsaw pact formed?


  less than a week after W. Germany joined NATO as USSR scared of armed W. Germany on their borders
• when was w. germany established?

  just 3 days after end of blockade, 23 May 1949
• what did w. germany consist of?


  french, american and british zones of germany
• what was the new capital of w. germany?

  Bonn
• who was the first elected leader of w. germany and when was he elected?

  Konrad Adenauer, 15 September 1949
• when was the german democratic republic etsablished?


  October 1949
• when was e. germany recognised as a country by w. germany?


  1970s (but was always recognised by Eastern bloc)
• how many political opponents did rakosi kill or imprison?


  killed 2000, imprisoned 200000
• what was hungary's economy like during communist times?


  • no marshall aid thanks to ussr
  • 1952 lowest agricultural output ever
• when did stalin die?


  1953
• when was the first unofficial demonstration under comm rule in hungary?


  23 October 1956
• when did nagy return as pm in hungary?


  24 October 1956
• when did ussr troops withdraw from hungary?


  29 October 1956
• when did ussr return to hungary?


  4 November 1956
• how many were forced to flee hungary when ussr returned?


  200000
• what were the effects of the hungarian uprising?


  • USSR has a more secure position in Warsaw Pact
  • USA seems cowardly for not helping against communist force
• when was the u2 spy incident?


  1960