Hungarian Uprising
This was when the leader of the soviet union held a closed meeting criticising Stalin
Khrushchev's secret speech
NATO was created in this year
1949
The official name of West Germany
Federal Republic of Germany
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin caled this 'a lifeline to sinking men giving hope where there was none'
Marshall Plan
1949-58 The number of East Germans who had crossed to the West to the closest million
3 million
The Hungarian Leader who declared Hungary would leave the Warsaw Pact
Imre Nagy
Warsaw Pact was created in this year
1955
The official name of East Germany
German Democratic Republic
The political ideology and movement behind US intervention in the Greek Civil War
Truman Doctrine
Two terms of the Berlin Ultimatum
Western troops must leave Berlin
Berlin should be a free city*
How many Hungarians were killed in the Hungarian Uprising
20,000
Stalin died in this year
1953
Creation of the Deutschmark
The focus of COMECON changed to this from 1953
Creating a joined up set of 5 year plans and industrial planning across all member countries
The year in which Khrushchev 'ate hot dogs, met ordinary Americans and visited Hollywood'
1959
Polish leader who had negotiated fewer soviet troops and better trade deals for Poland prior to the Hungarian uprising
Władysław Gomułka
Country that developed the Hydrogen Bomb first
USA
The time period (months and years) of the Berlin Blockade
June 1948-May 1949
Dollar imperialism
What the Soviets called the Marshall Plan as it was seen as the USA taking over countries through bribes
Pilot who had his U2 spy plane shot down in May 1960
Gary Powers
What were the Hungarian Secret Police called
The State Protection Authority (Hungarian: Államvédelmi Hatóság or ÁVH)
1957 was the year the USA and Soviet Union both created these for the first time
ICBMs
The Operation name of the airlift
Operation Vittles
The Country in which COMINFORM was originally based but that was expelled in June 1948
Yugoslavia
President elected in January 1961 who increased US military spending by $2 billion showing he was prepared to fight for Berlin
John Fitzgerald Kennedy