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Joseph Stalin stated publicly that he believed war between the East and West was bound to happen in the future.
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Winston Churchill warns of the falling of an Iron Curtain across Europe. The Iron Curtain was a conflict dividing Europe into two separate areas.
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President Harry Truman announces the Truman Doctrine after the governments of Greece and Turkey were threatened by Communists. The Truman Doctrine provided economic and military aid to oppose the spread of communism.
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In a speech given by Bernard Baruch, he describes the relations between the United States and the Soviet Union as "Cold War". This is how this era of tension and hostility became to be known as the "Cold War".
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Secretary of state George Marshall starts his plans for a program of economic aid. This program provided $13 billion for rebuilding Europe.
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Joseph Stalin orders a blockade of all land routes from West Germany to Berlin. The French, British, and American forces launch the Berlin Airlift to supply the citizens of Berlin.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, was founded. Many countries started this organization to resist Communist expansion.
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The Berlin Airlift defeats Russia's attempt to starve West Berlin. The soviets called off the blockade of Berlin.
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They re-open the access routes to Berlin. The airlift goes on until september.
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The Warsaw Pact was founded in Eastern Europe. It acts as the Communist military counterpart to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
