Events:
What countries occupied Berlin in 1945?
United States, France, Britain and the Soviet Union occupy zones of Berlin.
Who is, Nikita Khrushchev
the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964. Successor to Stalin. He led the Soviet Union during the tense years of the Cold War.
Why did The United States freeze assists with Japan?
The United States was attacked in their fight for self-determination at Pearl Harbor. When Japan occupied southern Indochina in 1941, Britain, the U.S., and the Netherlands froze assets with Japan.
Who did the CIA brief in 1962?
President John F. Kennedy was briefed by the CIA that an American U-2 spy plane had taken photographs of Soviet nuclear missile launch sites under construction in Cuba.
Who is, Winston Churchill
After leading Great Britain in the Second World War, he was one of the first leaders to raise the spectre of an ‘Iron Curtain’ descending across Europe.
What does USSR mean?
(Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) The Soviet Union was a communist country that lasted from 1922 to 1991. It was started by Lenin and the Bolsheviks and continued by leaders like Stalin and Gorbachev.
What where the East Berliner’s doing in 1961?
Massive numbers of East Berliners were fleeing through the open border to West Berlin. Soviet Premier Khrushchev gave the East German government permission to stop the emigrants by closing its border for good.
Who is, Ho Chi Minh
first emerged as an outspoken voice for Vietnamese independence while living as a young man in France during World War I.
What did Korea start in 1950?
The Korean war started in 1950 when North Korean invaded South Korea. North Korea wanted to unify the country under its government, communism.
What was signed in 1953?
No final peace treaty was ever signed to end the Korean War. The two sides signed an armistice in that ceased hostilities and formed the Korean Demilitarized Zone, a no-man’s land between the two countries which constituted the new border.
Who is, Joseph Stalin
Leader and dictator of the Soviet Union. After the end of the Second World War, and committed to taking ideological and political control of Eastern Europe.
Why did East and West Germany not succeed?
During the Cold War, Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany. The Soviets took control of the east and the United States controlled the west. The two parts were separated by the Berlin Wall. East and West Germany did not come together as one country until 1989 when the Berlin Wall fell.
In 1943 What was stolen in the Soviet Union programs?
The Soviet Union had begun research on its own atomic bomb program by information and plans stolen from the Manhattan Project by Soviet spies, the USSR was able to develop its own nuclear weapon within only a few years after the end of World War I.
Who is, John F. Kennedy
As President he helped to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis which came perilously close to escalation. He delivered a famous speech in West Berlin arguing the Berlin Wall showed the failure of Communism.
What did Khrushchev decide to do in Cuba?
In Cuba during the Cold War, there was confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cubans against the United States. Khrushchev decided to put missiles in Cuba as protection. The United States did not like that and demanded that the Soviet Union remove the missiles.