1942-1953 By lanie_hamilton Feb 19, 1942 Executive Order 9066 1943 Battle of Stalingrad 1945 Cold war begins Sep 2, 1945 WWII comes to an end 1947 US starts its policy of Containment 1948 Berlin Airlift Begins 1949 China becomes a Communist Country 1950 Start of the Korean War 1951 The Twenty-second Amendment 1952 Dwight Eisenhower was elected President.