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Timeline for origins of cold war (1914 (1918 (1919 (1920 (1924 (1934…
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the russian revolution the communists seize power and pull out of war against germany. Lenin smuggled a russian into german train. Churchill describes him as a plague virus.
Following the defeat of German troops are sent by britain france and usa into russia in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the communists.
Lenin sets up the Comintern designed to undermine capitalist governments in the west to create a world revolution of communism
Britain and France refuse to allow the USSR
to join the league of nations. The USSR is finally allowed to join in 1934
UK breaks off diplomatic relations with ussr after finding a letter suggesting he Comintern is organising a communist revolution in the uk. The letter later is proved as forgery.
The five year plans- Stalin the ussr’s leader, starts to modernize country we are 50 to 100 years behind the west..whether we make good the different in 10 years or they crush you.
Stalin begins exterminating rivals within and outside of his party in a horrifying sho of bloodletting. Up to 20 million Russians are tortured and executed.
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The USSR is not invited and britain ad france give the sudetenland over to hitler: even though the ussr is an ally of czechoslovakia
The USSR signs an alliance with Germany days later they invade poland from opposite directions and carve it up between themselves.ww2 begins
Yalta and potsdam
With germany on the verge of defeat the big three meet to discuss the shape of the post-war world.
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