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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
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Japan invades Korea
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'New Deal' by Roosevelt
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HUAC created
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Katyn Massacre
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Tehran Conference
Agreed that USSR would declare war to Japan. -
Operation Overlord
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Communist dominance increase in Albania
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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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Greek Civil War
Communist uprising in the Greek government. -
Kennan's Telegram
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Novikov Telegram
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Paris Peace Conference
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USSR representative walk out of Paris Peace Conference
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Hollywood 10 case
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Reverse Course
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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
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Rosenberg case
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Stalin convinces Mao to send troops to North Korea
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NSC-68
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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. -
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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
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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
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SEATO created
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McCarthy censured
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Khrushchev in power
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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
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Hungary leaves Warsaw Pact
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Red Army invades Budapest
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EEC created
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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
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U2 discovered
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Paris Summit
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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
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JFK radio speech to Americans
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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
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LBJ partition rejected by Khrushchev
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Soviet response to LBJ
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Period: to
Checkpoint Charlie
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Operation Mongoose
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Operation Anadyr
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Khrushchev stores missiles to Cuba
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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
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'Hot Line' created
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China make first nuclear weapon
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Death Khrushchev