Cold War Timeline

Sep 2, 1945

End of WWII
Mar 5, 1946

Iron Curtain Speech
Jan 1, 1947

Policy of Containment
Mar 12, 1947

Truman Doctrine
Jul 1, 1947

Marshall Plan
Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 11, 1949

Berlin Airlift
Apr 4, 1949

NATO formed
Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

Korean War
Nov 1, 1952

US tests the H-Bomb
May 26, 1955

Warsaw Pact formed
Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975

Vietnam War
Oct 4, 1957

Launch of Sputnik
May 1, 1960

U-2 Incident
Period: Apr 17, 1961 to Apr 19, 1961

Bay of Pigs Invasion
Apr 18, 1961

Bay of Pigs Invasion

(There is a timespan for this but it is quite small)
Aug 13, 1961

Berlin Wall Built
Period: Oct 14, 1962 to Oct 28, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis
Jul 1, 1968

Non Proliferation Treaty

July 1st, 1968
Period: Mar 11, 1985 to Dec 25, 1991

Soviet Union Break-up

March 11, 1985 – December 25, 1991
Oct 3, 1990

Germany Reunification

End of WWII