Cold War Abroad By EPG Sep 1, 1945 1945: World War II Ends and the Cold War Begins Sep 2, 1945 Cold War begins Mar 5, 1946 Winston Churchill delivers the Iron Curtain Speech May 12, 1948 US and Britain break the Soviet blockade of West Berlin with the Berlin Airlift Apr 4, 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization is formed Jun 25, 1950 Korean War May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact is formed Nov 1, 1955 Vietnam War Apr 17, 1961 US is defeated and humiliated at the Bay 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 1, 1990 Germany is reunited Dec 25, 1991 Soviet Union Collapses
