Cold War By landoneschman Apr 27, 1945 Germany Surrenders Apr 28, 1945 Yalta Conference Period: Apr 28, 1945 to Apr 28, 1951 Attlee Ministry establishes Welfare State in Great Britain Apr 29, 1945 Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan Apr 30, 1945 Japan Surrenders Apr 28, 1947 Albert Camus' The Plague Apr 28, 1947 Truman Doctrine Apr 28, 1947 Marshall Plan to help rebuild Europe instituted Apr 28, 1949 Europe divided into Eastern and Western blocs Apr 28, 1949 NATO founded Apr 28, 1949 East and West Germany divided Period: Apr 28, 1950 to Apr 28, 1953 Korean War Apr 28, 1954 French defeat at Dien Bien Phu Apr 28, 1955 Warsaw Pact founded Apr 28, 1956 Suez Crisis Apr 28, 1957 European Economic Community Founded Apr 28, 1961 Berlin Wall constructed Apr 28, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Period: Apr 28, 1962 to Apr 28, 1965 Second Vatican Council Apr 28, 1963 Rapid Growth of student population at Universities Apr 28, 1968 Student Rebellion in Paris Apr 28, 1968 Soviet invasion of Chezchoslovakia Apr 28, 1972 Club of Rome Founded Period: Apr 28, 1973 to Apr 28, 1974 Arab oil embargo Apr 28, 1974 Solzhenitsyn expelled from Soviet Union Apr 28, 1975 Helsinki Accords Apr 28, 1978 Paul II becomes Pope Apr 28, 1985 Gorbachev comes to power in Soviet Union Apr 28, 1989 Revolutions sweep across Eastern Europe Apr 28, 1990 New trade relations in Europe after Soviet Union opened up