Cold War By eling611 Feb 7, 1945 Yalta Conference May 7, 1945 Hitler defeated Jul 7, 1945 Potsdam Conference Mar 7, 1947 The Truman Doctrine is announced Oct 7, 1947 Stalin sets up Cominform Mar 7, 1948 Marshall Aid introduction Jun 7, 1948 USSR blockades Berling Apr 7, 1949 NATO set up May 7, 1949 Berlin blockade lifted Period: Aug 18, 1950 to Aug 18, 1953 The Korean War Aug 18, 1956 Hungarian uprising Aug 18, 1961 Berlin Wall built Aug 18, 1962 The Cuban missile crisis Period: Aug 18, 1964 to Aug 18, 1972 American Military involvment in Vietnam Aug 18, 1968 The Prague Spring: Czechoslovakia Period: Aug 18, 1980 to Aug 18, 1981 Solidarity in Poland Aug 18, 1989 Collapse of Communism in eastern Europe Aug 18, 1991 Collapse of Soviet Union