Cold War Timeline By timetoastisprettycool Jun 1, 1945 Poland Gains Independence Period: Jun 2, 1945 to Aug 2, 1991 Soviet Union Creates Iron Curtain Sep 1, 1945 End of WWII Oct 2, 1945 United Nations Formed Period: Mar 2, 1946 to May 2, 1950 Chinese Civil War Jan 2, 1947 Trumans Marshal Plan Period: Jun 2, 1948 to May 2, 1949 Berlin Blockade Period: Dec 2, 1948 to May 2, 1990 Berlin Airlift May 2, 1949 Soviets Develop Nuclear Capabilities May 2, 1949 NATO Period: May 2, 1950 to May 2, 1953 Korean War Jun 2, 1953 Revolts in Poland Period: May 2, 1955 to May 2, 1991 WarSaw Pact May 2, 1956 Revolts in Hungary May 2, 1957 Sputnik is Launched Period: May 2, 1959 to May 2, 1975 Vietnam War Apr 2, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion May 2, 1961 Berlin Wall Erected May 2, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Jan 2, 1968 Prague Spring May 2, 1968 Brezhnev Doctrine Period: May 2, 1969 to May 2, 1972 Salt 1 May 2, 1970 Era of detente nixon/carter and Brezhnev Feb 2, 1972 Nixon Visits Communist China /PRC replaces ROC May 2, 1975 Gorbachev Institutes Period: May 2, 1979 to May 2, 1989 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan May 2, 1990 Fall of Berlin Wall Sep 2, 1991 Collapse of soviet union
