Cold War By Merduhh Hernandez Sep 2, 1945 1945 WW2 ends and The Cold War begins. Mar 5, 1946 1946: Winston Churchill delivers The Iron Curtain Speech. Jun 24, 1948 1948: US and Britain break the Soviet blockade of West Berlin with the Berlin Airlift. Apr 4, 1949 1949: North Atlantic Treaty Organization is formed. Jun 25, 1953 1950-1953 Korean War. Nov 1, 1954 1954: Vietnam War begins. May 14, 1955 1955: Warsaw Pact is formed. Apr 17, 1961 1961:Us is defeated and humiliated at The Bay of Pigs in Cuba. Aug 13, 1961 1961:Berlin Wall is built. Oct 16, 1962 1962: Cuban Missiles Crisis. Apr 30, 1974 1974 Vietnam War is over. Oct 3, 1988 1990: Germany is reunited. Nov 9, 1989 1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall. Dec 25, 1991 1991: Soviet Union collapses. Establishment of the Russian consideration.