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Death Franz Ferdinand
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NKVD created
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Comintern
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First Red Scare
US scared that Soviet spies are spreading commuinst messages to US citizens. -
League of Nations created
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Wall Street Crash
Stock market crash. -
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Japan invades Korea
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'New Deal' by Roosevelt
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HUAC created
House of Un-American Activities Committee.
Investigated possible communist allies. -
Katyn Massacre
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Tehran Conference
Agreed that USSR would declare war to Japan. -
Operation Overlord
It was the code name for the invasion of Normandy. -
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Communist dominance increase in Albania
93% population vote in favour of communism. -
Lublin government created
Buffer zone for USSR. -
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Yalta Conference
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Death Roosevelt
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Nazi Germany surrenders
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Trinity Test
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Potsdam Conference
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UN created
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UN created
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Zhdanov Doctrine
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Kennan's Telegram
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Greek Civil War
Communist uprising in the Greek government. -
Novikov Telegram
Answer to Kennan's long telegram. -
Paris Peace Conference
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USSR representative walk out of Paris Peace Conference
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Hollywood 10 case
Social impact.
10 actors/screenwriters are put in jail for possible communist affiliations. -
Reverse Course
Focus on demilitarization of Japan changes to economic reconstruction. -
GATT created
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
Intended to boost economy after WW2.
Means free trade in Japan. -
Bizonia created
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Truman Doctrine
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George Marshall speech
Speech about the Marshall Plan. -
Cominform created
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Hiss case
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Operation Vittles/ Berlin Blockade
Supplied West Berlin with food and supplies. -
Marshall Plan signed
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East and West Germany officially divided
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West Germany joins OEEC
Organisation for European Economic Cooperation. -
Rosenberg case
Accused of passing nuclear secrets to the USSR. -
Stalin convinces Mao to send troops to North Korea
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NSC-68
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DPS created
Line running through Japan to protect US territories. -
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First Phase Korean War
No actions taken, Stalin and Mao think the US want a peace treaty. -
Operation Chromite
UN forces land in Inchon. -
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Second Phase Korean War
MacArthur lands in Inchon and forces North troops to retaliate. Mao sends 300,000 Chinese troops into North Korea. -
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Third Phase Korean War
Chinese troops invade Seoul. US indicated to USSR and China a ceasefire. -
Armistice talks to end Korean War
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San Francisco Peace Treaty
Reestablishes relations between Japan and the allies. -
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Fourth Phase Korean War
No further military movements. Makes USSR and China believe they actually want a peace settlement. -
Eisenhower wins elections
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Bonn Convention
Grants West Germany full sovereignty. -
NSA established
National Safety Agency.
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USA test first hydrogen based bomb
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Armistice signed at Panmunjon
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Sino-Soviet alliance
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Death Stalin
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East Berlin revolts against Soviet troops
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Ceasefire agreed to end Korean War
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NSC 162/2
US nuclear arsenal must be expanded to meet communist threat. -
SEATO created
South East Asia Treaty Organisation.
Similar to NATO but in Asia.
Response to Sino-Soviet alliance. -
McCarthy censured
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Khrushchev in power
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NSC 54 29/2
- 1954: USA financially aids South Vietnam.
- 1960: South Vietnam recieves 2 billion dollars.
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Austrian Treaty
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Warsaw Pact
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West Germany joins NATO
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Geneva Summit
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Khrushchev's 'Secret Speech'
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Imre Nagy elected in Hungary
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Polish Rising
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Hungarian Rising
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Ike speech on US economic capacity
Declares that the US is ready to fight. -
Hungary leaves Warsaw Pact
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Red Army invades Budapest
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EEC created
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Sputnik 1 launched
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Sputnik 2 launched
With Laika. -
Diem arrives in USA for first time
"Miracle man of Asia". -
NASA established
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Khrushchev list of demands on Berlin
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US rejects Khrushchev's list of demands on Berlin
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Batista's regime oevrthrown by Castro
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Camp David
Symbolical importance. -
U2 discovered
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Paris Summit
Khrushchev walks out of conference after accusing the US of spying. -
Khrushchev takes shoe off at UN meeting
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Bay of Pigs
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First meeting Khrushchev and JFK in Vienna
To discuss their issues during the Berlin crisis. -
JFK radio speech to Americans
Communism is a worldwide threat. -
Warsaw Pact forces mobilised to Berlin
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Wire fence put up in Berlin
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Concrete wall put up in Berlin
By request of Walter Ulbricht, the president of East Berlin. -
LBJ partition rejected by Khrushchev
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Soviet response to LBJ
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Checkpoint Charlie
Massive nuclear standoff between both powers. -
Operation Mongoose
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Operation Anadyr
Deploying ballistic missiles, medium-range bombers, and a division of mechanized infantry to Cuba to create an army group that would be able to prevent an invasion of the island by United States forces. -
Khrushchev stores missiles to Cuba
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Strategic Hamlets in Vietnam
The government forced the poorer side of the population to move into hamlets. -
U2 spy plane discovers missiles in Cuba
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Khrushchev sends telegram to Kennedy regarding an end to Missile crisis
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Meeting Kennedy and Soviet ambassador
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Khrushchev withdraws the missiles stored in Cuba
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Moscow Test Ban Treaty
To prevent any possible future nuclear conflicts. -
'Hot Line' created
Connects the Kremlin with the White House. -
Assassination Diem
Diem and Madam Nhu killed. -
JFK assassinated
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Battle of Ap Bac
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Buddhist crisis
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China make first nuclear weapon
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Death Khrushchev