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What happened on 27th October 1962?

A U-2 spy plane was shot down over Cuba

Who was Joseph Mindszenty?

A leading Hungarian catholic Cardinal

What was agreed about Germany at Yalta?

It was to be divided into 4 zones

What is the name of the Czech politician "murdered" by Communists after being pushed out a window (May 1947)?

Jans Masaryk

In which month and year did US and British zones of Germany join?

January 1946

In which month and year did Soviet troops withdraw Afghanistan?

January 1989

Which country controlled Korea from 1910 to 1945?

Japan

In which month and year was the blockade introduced?

June 1946

In which month and year did North Korea invade South Korea?

June 1950

In which year did Kennedy give his infamous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech?

June 1963

What deal remained secret at the end of the crisis?

Kennedy's removal of the missiles in Turkey in return for the ones in Cuba

Who was the new president of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea?

Kim Il-Sung

Who were the strikers led by?

Lech Walesa

Who was leader of the Soviet Union during the uprising in Czechoslovakia?

Leonid Brezhnev

In which month and year did Churchill give his 'Iron Curtain' speech?

March 1946

In which month and year was the Truman Doctrine announced?

March 1947

In which month and year did Stalin lift the blockade?

May 1949

Who was Willi Brandt?

Mayor of West Berlin; former Chancellor of West Germany

Who was leader of the Soviet Union during the Berlin Wall crisis?

Nikita Khrushchev

Who was the new President after the election in 1968?

Nixon

What do the letters NATO stand for?

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

What did the two famous policies introduced by Gorbachev stand for / mean?

Openness and reconstruction

What was the operational military name for the allied airlift?

Operation Vittles

What did the Polish government do on 13th December 1981?

Solidarity was outlawed

What percentage of the East German population had left for West Berlin or West Germany between 1949 and 1961?

Some 15% had left East Germany for West Berlin or West Germany.

Name the 'Big Three' who met at Yalta

Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill

Who was the new president of the Republic of Korea?

Syngman Rhee

TRUE or FALSE: The USSR feared a "brain drain" from Eastern Germany?

TRUE

What was the name of the surprise attack launched by the North Vietnamese in January 1968?

Tet Offensive

What did the Soviets request at the Vienna summit?

That the West withdraw from Berlin within 6 months

What happened on 16th July 1945?

The USA successfully tested its first Atom bomb Potsdam Conference started

What scenario allowed the UN to pass their Security Council resolution condemning the North Korean invasion?

The absence of the Soviet representative on the Security in protest against the refusal of the USA to allow communist China into the UNO allowed the UN to pass their resolution.

Which act from the western allies led to a direct response from Stalin by implementing a blockade?

The introduction of a new currency by the Western zone

What is NATO?

The western military alliance against the Soviet Union

What did a quarter of a million people do after the Hungarian uprising was over?

They fled to the West / to neighbouring countries

What was the Soviet Union's attitude towards Germany at the Potsdam Conference?

They wanted to cripple Germany

What did the Soviet Union use the Warsaw Pact for in August 1968?

To invade / bring troops into Czechoslovakia

Which 3 methods of transport were blocked during the Berlin blockade?

Transport by air, rail and motorway was blocked

Which organization did the allies agree to join whilst at Yalta?

UNO (United Nations Organisation)

What job title did JFK's brother hold?

United States Senator

In which European city was there a key summit in June 1961?

Vienna

What was the more common name foe the National Liberal Front?

Vietcong

Which key organization was set up by the Soviets in October 1947?

Warsaw Pact

What was "Solidarity"?

a nationwide independent trade union

What was the "Prague Spring"?

a period of reform with the government making changes to many aspects of life in Czechoslovakia

Which scandalous planes did the Americans station in Britain during the course of the blockade?

B-29 bomber planes were stationed in Britain by the US.

Who was the new US president at Potsdam?

Harry S. Truman

Who was the leader of the Vietminh?

Ho Chi Minh

What was the name of the river which American troops pushed the North Korean forces back to, close to the border with China?

the Yalu River

Finish the gaps in the speech: "From Stetin in the Baltic to ... in the ..., an iron curtain has descended across the continent."

"From Stetin in the Baltic to (Trieste) in the (Adriatic), an iron curtain has descended across the continent."

What was the amount of money that Congress made available over 4 years in the form of Marshall Aid?

$17 billion

On what exact date did the people of Berlin wake to find a wall had been built through the city?

13th August 1961

What percentage of the vote did the Communist win in the post-war elections in Hungary?

17%

In what year did the communists make Czechoslovakia a one-party state?

1948

In which year were both the Republic of Korea (established after free elections in the south) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (established by the Soviets)

1948

In which year was COMECON created?

1949

In which year was the Geneva Peace Accord signed?

1954

In which year did the Berlin Wall come down?

1959

In which year was there a revolution in Cuba?

1959

In which year was a peace treaty signed in Paris to end the Vietnam War?

1973

In which year did Mikhail Gorbachev become leader of the Soviet Union?

1985

Roughly how many Cuban troops met the invading forces at the Bay of Pigs?

20,000 troops

On which exact date did the Hungarian uprising begin?

23 Oct 1956

How many air corridors were utilised by the allies throughout the airlift?

3

To the nearest 50,000, how many flights were there during the airlift?

300,000 flight were made during the airlift

Roughly how many civilians were killed in the My Lai massacre?

350-500

What percentage of Poland's workforce between 1980 and 1981 were member of Solidarity?

80%

How long was the wall?

87 miles long

Who was the first elected President of Russia in 1990, as the Soviet Union was coming to an end?

Boris Yeltsin

In which country did the communist party gain power immediately after the war as a result of strong support throughout the war?

Albania

In the "Prague Spring" who replaced Antonin Novotny as leader of the ruling Communist Party?

Alexander Dubcek

In which month and year was NATO set up?

April 1949

Where was Korea divided by the Americans and Soviets in their post-war occupation?

At the 38th parallel

In which month and year did the Potsdam Conference end?

August 1945

In which month and year was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

August 1964

In which month and year did workers at Lenin shipyard in Gdansk go on strike?

August 1980

What was the joining of the US and British zones of Germany known as?

Bizonia

Who joined the war in November 1950?

China

Who was the new British Prime Minister, elected part way through the Potsdam conference?

Clement Attlee

What is COMECON?

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; created with the object of directing the national economies of the Soviet bloc.

How far was Cuba from the southern coast of America?

Cuba was only 90 miles away from the southern coast of America

Which group of people were used for the Bay of Pigs invasion?

Cuban exiles

In which Eastern European country was there a communist takeover which resulted in Congress passing Marshall Aid?

Czechoslovakia

In which month and year did Truman suggest Marshall Aid to Congress?

Dec 1947

Which South Vietnamese leader was overthrown in a military coup in November 1963?

Diem

What was the name of the theory put forward by President Eisenhower that suggested if one of country in Asia fell to Communism, then other neighbouring countries would quickly follow?

Domino Theory

Which US president approved the initial plan to remove Castro from office?

Eisenhower

In which month and year did the Yalta Conference take place?

Feb 1945

What happened to the non-communist leader in Poland in 1947?

Forced into exile

Who was overthrown in the revolution? (Name of the president of Cuba)

General Batista

Who was the communist leader of Yugoslavia?

General Josip Tito

What was the name of the US General who initially led the UN and American forces?

General MacArthur

What was the official name of the country founded by the Soviets from the Eastern zone of Germany in 1949? (NOT just East Germany)

German Democratic Republic

Name 2 famous policies which Gorbachev introduced to reform the Soviet Union?

Glasnost and Perestroika

In which country did the USA step in to prevent a Communist takeover as a result of Britain struggling to support royalist forces in the civil war?

Greece

What action did the "hawks" in Kennedy's government want to see taken against the Soviets?

aerial bombing

Was the Czech uprising more about economic or political problems in the country?

both

What is the word beginning with 'c' which is a policy which the Truman Doctrine became better known as?

containment

How many Hungarians were killed during the uprising?

some 3,000 Hungarians were killed during the uprising


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