Hinds By cmurray Nov 18, 1924 Stalin becomes leader Period: Nov 18, 1941 to Nov 18, 1991 Cold War Nov 18, 1945 President Truman entered office Nov 19, 1945 August 8 1945, Russia enters war against Japan Nov 19, 1945 August 14 1945, Japanese surrender End of World War II Nov 19, 1945 August 6 1945, United States first used atomic bomb in war Nov 18, 1946 Churchill warns of iron Curtain Nov 18, 1948 Berlin Blockade begins Nov 19, 1949 July 1949, NATO ratified Nov 19, 1950 February 1950 Joe McCarthy begins Communist witch hunt Nov 18, 1953 Stalin ends being leader Nov 18, 1953 President Truman ended office Nov 19, 1954 Vietnam lasted from 54-75 Nov 19, 1955 May 1955 Warsaw Pact was formed Nov 19, 1958 November 1958 Khrushchev demands withdrawal of troops from Berlin Nov 18, 1961 Berlin Wall begins Berlin block turns into Berlin Wall Nov 18, 1961 President Kennedy entered being in office Nov 18, 1961 Time Frame of the Cold War Nov 19, 1962 U.S. involvement in Vietnam increased Nov 18, 1963 President Kennedy got assinated in Dallas Texas Nov 19, 1968 August 1968, Soviet troops crush Czechoslovakian revolt Nov 18, 1969 Detente Nov 19, 1970 In April 1970, President Nixon extends Vietnam War to Cambodia Nov 19, 1973 In October 1973, Egypt and Syria attack Israel; Egypt requests Soviet aid Nov 18, 1989 Berlin Wall ends Nov 19, 1989 In December 1989, Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania; Soviet empire ends Nov 19, 1990 In March 1990, Lithuania becomes independent Nov 19, 1990 In May 1990, Boris Yeltsin elected to presidency of Russia Nov 19, 1990 October 3, 1990 Germany reunited Nov 19, 1991 April 1991 Warsaw Pact ends Nov 19, 1991 August 1991, End of Soviet Union Cold War Ends