Cold War: Zaire Tunstall By Mr.Givens May 7, 1945 Germany Surrenders Period: May 7, 1945 to Jan 1, 1968 Cold War Major Events Aug 8, 1945 Soviet Union occupies east Germany Aug 14, 1945 Japan surrenders Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine speech Jun 5, 1947 Marshall plan is proposed Apr 4, 1949 NATO established Aug 29, 1949 Soviets gain nuclear weapons Oct 1, 1949 China becomes communist Jun 24, 1950 South Korea invaded by north Korea Apr 11, 1951 Truman fires General MacArthur Jan 1, 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower president May 1, 1955 Warsaw pact established Jan 1, 1959 Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba Apr 1, 1961 Bay of Pigs attack Oct 1, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 1, 1963 President JFK assassinated Aug 1, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin attack Jan 1, 1968 Nixon becomes president
