Cold War By perezguadalupe161 Aug 8, 1945 Russia enters war against Japan Russia enters war against Japan Aug 14, 1945 Japanese surrender End of World War II Mar 1, 1946 Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" Speech Aug 6, 1946 united states uses first atomic bomb in war Jun 1, 1947 Marshall Plan is announced Feb 1, 1948 Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia Jun 24, 1948 Berlin Blockade begins Jul 1, 1949 NATO ratified Sep 1, 1949 Mao Zedong, a Communist, takes control of China May 1, 1955 Warsaw Pact formed Nov 1, 1958 Khrushchev demands withdrawal of troops from Berlin Jan 1, 1959 Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro Nov 4, 1960 John F. Kennedy elected President Jul 1, 1961 Kennedy requests 25% spending increase for military Aug 13, 1961 Berlin border closed Aug 17, 1961 Construction of Berlin Wall begins Jan 1, 1962 U.S. involvement in Vietnam increased Oct 1, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 1, 1963 President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas Jul 1, 1965 Announcement of dispatching of 150,000 U.S. troops to Vietnam Nov 1, 1989 Berlin Wall falls Dec 1, 1989 Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania; Soviet empire ends Oct 3, 1990 Germany reunited Apr 1, 1991 Warsaw Pact ends Aug 1, 1991 End of Soviet Union Cold War Ends Jun 1, 2013 Korean War begins Aug 8, 2013 Russia enters war against Japan Sep 1, 2013 Soviets explode first atomic bomb
