history unit 3

By zoeernyap

  • Russian Civil War

  • USA recognised USSR as a nation

  • Nazi-Soviet Pact

  • D-Day Landings

  • Yalta Conference

  • Potsdam Conference

    July to Aug

  • Stalin's speech on inherent conflict between capitalism and communism

  • Communists gaining influence Greece and Turkey

  • Marshall Plan

  • COMINFORM formed

    unite European communist states

  • USSR detonated own atomic bomb

    arms race

  • COMECON formed

    coordinate COMINFORM's economic policies

  • People's Republic of China formed (PRC)

  • PRC, Soviet and NK mutual defense agreement

    forged military cooperation to support NK, NK as buffer zone for China against US in SK

  • NATO formed

  • SK Border Clashes

    initiated by SK to capture NK territory, eg Jul 1949 artack on NK military at Taedong River, heavy casualties -> shows SK's lack of success in carrying out offensive action, US more reluctant to send heavy weapons

  • Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance

    ESCALATION! both countries promised to come to each other's aid if either country attacked

  • Soviet advisors sent to train NKPA

    by early 1950s, and USSR sent heavy military equipment (tanks. guns, artillery, fighter planes)

  • Chinese forces crossed to NK, direct combat with UN forces

    USSR provided aircraft, number of participants increased -> escalation

  • UN passed ceasefire resolution

    not a proper peace agreement!

  • MacArthur threatened to destroy China unless they surrendered

    escalation

  • Armistice talks at Panmunjom start

  • Period: to

    Military stalemate

    Panmunjom talks stalled due to disagreements, both sides no significant gains, no one won

  • Panmunjom talks resume

  • Armistice signed

  • Eisenhower replaced Truman

  • Stalin's death

  • Warsaw Pact

    military complement to COMINFORM and COMECON

  • New markets for Cuban sugar

    Che Guevara sought new markets in Egypt, Indonesia, Yugoslavia

  • USSR agreed to 500,000 tonnes of sugar

    & 1 million tonnes over 5 years

  • Soviet Trade Exhibition in Cuba

    Cuba & USSR agreed on more barter of Cuban sugar for Soviet oil

  • Khruschev's 1st letter

  • Khruschev's 2nd letter

  • U2 Spyplane incident

  • Khruschev announced acceptance of Kennedy's response to 1st letter

    on Radio Moscow

  • DPM told Castro about removal of tactical missiles