Russia during the Cold War
The first leader of the Soviet Union after WWII.
What is Joseph Stalin
At this 1945 conference Stalin met with Roosevelt and Churchill to discuss post war Europe.
What is the Yalta conference?
This country was the colonial power in Vietnam before the First Indochina War.
What is France?
This Cuban leader was in power when the Bay of Pigs Invasion occurred.
Who is Fidel Castro?
This year marked the beginning of the Berlin Airlift.
What is 1948?
This was the country behind the Iron Curtain that was the first to establish a Communist government after World War Il.
What is the Soviet Union?
The Name of the first artificial satellite in 1957.
What is Sputnik?
Stolen established Soviet control over this group of countries, turning them into satellite states.
What is eastern Europe?
This man was the leader of the communist North in Vietnam.
Who is Ho Chi Minh
The Bay of Pigs Invasion took place in this year.
What is 1961?
This was the number of flights per day that were needed at the height of the Berlin Airlift to supply the city.
What is 1,500 flights?
The Berlin Wall, a prominent symbol of the Iron Curtain, was constructed in this year.
What is 1961?
This man was the first person launched into space by the Soviets.
What is Yuri Gagarin?
At this 1945 conference, Stalin met with Churchill and Roosevelt to discuss post-war Europe, setting the stage for Cold War divisions.
What is the Yalta Conferenc?
This man was the president of South Vietnam until his assassination.
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
This U.S. president was in office during the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This U.S. president was in office during the Berlin Airlift.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This military alliance led by the Soviet Union, was formed in response to NATO and was associated for the countries behind the Iron Curtain.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
The Soviet Union supported the north in this war on the Korean Peninsula.
What is the Korean war?
In the Cold War, Stalin‘s refusal to allow this city to be integrated into West Germany in 1948 led to this.
What is the Berlin Blockade?
This event sparked the involvement of the U.S. in the Vietnam war during an alleged attack on U.S. destroyer.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
This was the main goal of the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
What is to overthrow Fidel Castro's government?
The main reason for the Soviet Union's blockade of West Berlin was to stop this.
What is the establishment of a separate West German state?
The Iron Curtain divided this city, which was also split into East and West, symbolizing the Cold War tension.
What is Berlin?
The Soviets and Americans race to build these nuclear weapons.
What are intercontinental ballistic misslies?
Stalin‘s purges and large amounts of secret police helped him control during his rule but lead to the executions or imprisonments of millions including people in his military.
What is the Red Amry?
This operation involved the U.S. military strategy to cut off supplies from the North Vietnam to the South including massive air strikes.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
This was the main reason for the failure of the invasion even with the U.S. government's backing.
What is lack of support and miscommunication?
this The Berlin Airlift ended when the Soviet Union lifted the blockade in this month and year.
What is May 1949?
This event in 1956 saw thousands of Hungarians rise up against Soviet control, only to be crushed by Soviet tanks.
What is the Hungarian Revolution?