cold war abroad By deago gamez Period: Sep 3, 1945 to Dec 31, 1991 cold war Apr 27, 2017 • 1945: World War II Ends and the Cold War Begins Apr 27, 2017 March 1946: Winston Churchill delivers the Iron Curtain Speech winston church the British prim minister gave his speech Apr 27, 2017 • May 1948: US and Britain break the Soviet blockade of West Berlin with the Berlin Airlift Apr 27, 2017 • 1949: North Atlantic Treaty Organization is formed Apr 27, 2017 • 1950 to 1953: Korean War Apr 27, 2017 • 1954: Vietnam War Begins Apr 27, 2017 • 1955: Warsaw Pact is formed Apr 27, 2017 • 1961: US is defeated and humiliated at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba Apr 27, 2017 • August 1961: Berlin Wall is Built Apr 27, 2017 • October 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis Apr 27, 2017 • 1974: Vietnam War is over Apr 27, 2017 • November 1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall Apr 27, 2017 • October 1990: Germany is reunited Apr 27, 2017 • December 1991: Soviet Union Collapses (Establishment of the Russian Federation)