cold war By diazd44 1942 molotov plan 1945 atomic bomb 1945 communist win china 1947 u.s aid to greece 1948 u.s aid to turkey 1948 Truman doctrine 1948 berlin airlift Jun 3, 1948 marshall plan 1949 ussr gets atomic bomb Apr 4, 1949 nato Oct 16, 1951 begining of troops in vietnam 1952 korean war 1953 coup in iran 1954 coup in guatemala Mar 14, 1955 warsaw pact 1956 buffer states of the ussr 1956 hungary (rebellion) 1956 suez canal crisis Sep 4, 1957 sputnik 1962 cuba (missle crisis 1964 china explodes atomic bomb 1970 sandinistas rise up in nicaragua Sep 11, 1973 coup in in chile 1975 communist angola Apr 30, 1975 end of troops in vietnam 1977 star wars (sdi) Period: Dec 25, 1979 to Feb 15, 1989 soviets invade afghanistan Period: 1980 to 1992 war in el salvador Period: 1980 to 1987 iran contra affair 1983 evil empire speech 1989 fall of berlin wall Period: Mar 11, 1990 to Dec 25, 1991 fall of the ussr