cold war stuff By bdjh 1945 WW2 ends 1947 policy of containment was created 1948 Berlin blockade 1949 creation of NATO 1950 start of the first Korean proxy war 1955 Warsaw pact was formed 1956 Khrushchev calls for peaceful co-existence 1956 The liberation movement is crushed by Warsaw Pact forces 1961 Berlin wall is built 1962 Cuban missle crisis 1968 The Prague Spring ends 1968 The Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty is signed 1975 Helsinki Accords provide a degree of détente during the Cold War 1975 Vietnam War ends Period: 1979 to 1990 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 1980 Solidarity trade union organizes the pro-democracy movement in Poland 1989 The fall of the Berlin wall 1991 The Warsaw Pact is dissolved 1991 START is signed 1991 The Soviet Union is dissolved ending the cold war
