The Cold War By sld1 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
