Cold War By gnn Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine Period: Sep 24, 1947 to Jun 18, 1991 Policy of Containment Apr 8, 1948 Marshall Plan Period: Jan 8, 1949 to Jun 28, 1991 Comecon Apr 4, 1949 NATO formed May 23, 1949 Creation of West Germany Aug 29, 1949 Soviet Union tests their first atomic bomb Sep 30, 1949 Berlin Aircraft ends Blockade of West Berlin Oct 1, 1949 Communists defeat Nationalist China Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 28, 1953 Korean war Mar 5, 1953 Stalin's Death Period: Mar 13, 1954 to May 7, 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu Oct 4, 1957 The launch of Sputnik 1 Period: Aug 13, 1961 to Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall Oct 22, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Aug 7, 1964 Tonkin Resolution Aug 28, 1965 Johnson raises troop numbers Jan 23, 1973 Nixon signs Agreement to withdraw from Vietnam Dec 24, 1979 Soviet invastion of Afghnistan