Cold War By danyfraher Jun 4, 1940 Churchill's Speech Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference May 8, 1945 End of European War Jul 16, 1945 US aquires bomb Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference Jul 24, 1945 Truman tells Stalin about Atomic Bomb Sep 2, 1945 End of Pacific War Feb 22, 1946 Kennan Telgram Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine Jul 26, 1947 National Security Act Mar 30, 1948 Wallace Letter Apr 8, 1948 Marshall Plan Jun 24, 1948 Berlin Airlift Jan 5, 1949 Comecon Apr 4, 1949 NATO Aug 29, 1949 Soviets aquire bomb Apr 14, 1950 NSC-68 May 1, 1950 Mao Wins Revolution Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Sep 30, 1950 New Look Policy Jul 26, 1953 Cuban Revolution Dec 8, 1953 Atoms for Peace Speech May 7, 1954 Vietnamese defeat France Jun 27, 1954 Arbenz Overthrown Feb 19, 1955 SEATO May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact May 1, 1960 U2 Incident Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall built Oct 16, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Aug 2, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Incident Mar 2, 1965 Operation Rolling Thunder May 26, 1972 Salt I Jul 19, 1972 Salt II
