Cold War beginnings
America and the USSR
Who emerged as the two Superpowers following the end of WWII?
Four
How many sections were Germany and Berlin divided into following WWII?
38th Parallel
What name is the given to the border between North and South Korea?
General Batista
Who was overthrown by the Communist Fidel Castro in Cuba?
Clement Attlee
Who replaced Winston Churchill at British PM in July 1945?
February 1945
When was the Yalta Conference held?
June 1948
When did the Berlin Blockade begin?
Pyongyang
What is the capital of North Korea?
U-2 spy plane
What flew over Cuba and took photos of Soviet missile bases there?
Operation Vittles
What airlift did Harry Truman authorise?
Fulton, Missouri
Where did Winston Churchill make his famous 'Iron Curtain' Speech?
Deutschmark
What currency did the Western Allies want to introduce into Germany?
Inchon, South Korea
Where did General Douglas MacArthur land with a UN force in June 1950?
April 1961
When did the Bay of Pigs invasion take place?
5th March 1953
When did Josef Stalin die?
Limiting the spread of Soviet power and Communist ideology.
What was the Policy of Containment?
German Democratic Republic
What did East Germany become known as after the Berlin Blockade?
Yalu River
What point did the Americans reach in North Korea that resulted in China entering the war?
Executive Committee of the National Security Council
What group of advisors was set up by JFK to deal with the Cuban Missiles Crisis?
Syngman Rhee
Who was the first President of South Korea serving from 1948 to 1960?
The 1947 National Security Act set it up to collect information on foreign governments, corporations and individuals for government purposes such as safety.
How and why was the Central Intelligence Agency CIA set u?
12 nations came together to form an alliance for collective defence.
What is NATO?
27th July, 1953
When was the Korean Armistice Agreement signed?
13
How many days did the standoff last?
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev
Who became the US President and who became the Soviet leader in 1953?