Cold War By bab7 Jan 1, 1946 POLICY OF CONTAINMENT Mar 12, 1947 TRUMAN DOCTRINE Apr 1, 1948 MARSHALL PLAN Period: Jan 1, 1949 to Jun 29, 1991 Comecon Apr 4, 1949 NATO FORMED May 12, 1949 BERLIN AIRLIFT ENDS BLOCKADE OF WEST BERLIN May 15, 1949 COMECON Aug 29, 1949 SOVIET UNION TESTS THEIR FIRST ATOMIC BOMB Oct 1, 1949 COMMUNISTS DEFEAT NATIONALISTS IN CHINA Oct 7, 1949 CREATION OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (WEST GERMANY) Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 KOREAN WAR Mar 5, 1953 STALIN’S DEATH Jul 27, 1953 NIXON SIGNS VIETNAM ARMISTICE AGREEMENT Oct 4, 1957 SOVIETS LAUNCH SPUTNIK I INTO SPACE Aug 13, 1961 BERLIN WALL ERECTED Oct 22, 1962 CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Jul 28, 1965 JOHNSON ESCALATES TROOP NUMBERS TO START VIETNAM WAR Dec 31, 1979 SOVIET INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN Nov 9, 1989 BERLIN WALL TORN DOWN
