Cold War Abroad By Young Carlos Period: May 8, 1945 to Dec 26, 1991 World War II Ends and the Cold War Begins Mar 5, 1946 Winston Churchill delivers the Iron Curtain Speech May 26, 1948 US and Britain break the Soviet blockade of West Berlin with the Berlin Airlift Apr 4, 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization is formed Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jun 27, 1953 Korean War Apr 26, 1954 Vietnam War Begins May 14, 1955 Vietnam Pact is formed Apr 17, 1961 US if defeated and humiliated at the Bat of Pigs in Cuba Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall is Built Oct 16, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War is over Nov 9, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall Oct 3, 1990 Germany is reunited Dec 25, 1991 Soviet Union Collapses (Establishment of the Russian Federation)
