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Russian Civil War
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USA recognised USSR as a nation
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
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D-Day Landings
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Yalta Conference
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Potsdam Conference
July to Aug -
Stalin's speech on inherent conflict between capitalism and communism
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Communists gaining influence Greece and Turkey
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Marshall Plan
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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)
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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
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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
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Period: to
Military stalemate
Panmunjom talks stalled due to disagreements, both sides no significant gains, no one won -
Panmunjom talks resume
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Armistice signed
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Eisenhower replaced Truman
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Stalin's death
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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
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Khruschev's 2nd letter
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U2 Spyplane incident
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Khruschev announced acceptance of Kennedy's response to 1st letter
on Radio Moscow -
DPM told Castro about removal of tactical missiles