The Cold War timeline | Timetoast Timelines

Period: Jan 1, 1944 to Jan 1, 1947

Policy of Containment
Mar 12, 1947

Truman Doctrine
Period: Apr 1, 1948 to Dec 1, 1951

Marshall Plan

April 1948–December 1951
Period: Jan 1, 1949 to Jan 1, 1953

Comecon
Apr 4, 1949

Nato Formed
May 23, 1949

Creation of Federal Republic of Germany
Aug 29, 1949

Soviets First Drop their First Bomb
Sep 30, 1949

Berlin Airlift Ends Blockade of West Berlin
Oct 1, 1949

Communists Defeat Nationalists in China
Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

Korean War
Mar 5, 1953

Stalin's Death
Jan 1, 1954

Start Vietnam War

1975
Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975

Vietnam War
Oct 4, 1957

Soviets Launch Sputnik I into Space
Aug 15, 1961

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

Cuban Missle Crisis
Aug 7, 1964

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
May 4, 1970

Kent State Tradgedy
Jan 23, 1973

Nixon Signs Agreement to Withdraw from Vietnam
Dec 25, 1979

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Late December
Nov 9, 1989

Berlin Wall Torn Down