Cold War 1945-1960 By Mcurley16 Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Aug 2, 1945 Potsdam Conference Period: Aug 2, 1945 to May 1, 1960 Cold War Aug 6, 1945 U.S drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima Aug 14, 1945 Japan surrenders - end of WWII Mar 1, 1946 Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech Jun 1, 1947 Marshall Plan announced Jun 20, 1948 USSR blocks all ways to Western Berlin May 20, 1949 Blockade is lifted Aug 29, 1949 Russia tests first atomic bomb May 15, 1955 Warsaw pact formed May 20, 1960 U.S spy plane shot down
