International Relations, 1945 - 2004 By WesleyMcBarnett Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference held Britain, USA and the USSR plan for post-war Europe May 26, 1945 Germany Surrender Period: Jul 26, 1945 to Aug 26, 1945 Potsdam Conference held Mar 26, 1946 Churchill Iron Curtain speech Mar 26, 1946 Kennan's Long Telegram Jan 26, 1947 Bizonia created Mar 26, 1947 Truman Doctrine announced Jun 26, 1947 Marshall Plan announced Feb 26, 1948 Final communist regime established Czechoslovakia forced into acceptin aommunism, to establish the last of the Eastern European countries into communist regimes Period: Jun 26, 1948 to May 26, 1949 Berlin Blockade Jan 26, 1949 Comecon set up Apr 26, 1949 NATO set up Sep 26, 1949 West Germany established Oct 26, 1949 East Germany set up Jan 26, 1950 Truman announces Hydrogen Bomb production Period: Jun 26, 1950 to Jul 26, 1953 Korean War Apr 26, 1951 Formation of the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty May 26, 1952 European Defence Community established Mar 26, 1953 Stalin dies Aug 26, 1953 USSR explode Hydrogen Bomb Period: Jan 26, 1954 to Feb 26, 1954 Austrian State Treaty Period: Sep 26, 1954 to Oct 26, 1954 Khrushchev visits China May 26, 1955 Warsaw Pact created Period: Oct 26, 1956 to Nov 26, 1956 Revolution in Hungary Mar 26, 1957 Treaty of Rome sets up the EEC Nov 26, 1958 Khrushchev demand the allies to leave Berlin Sep 26, 1959 Khrushchev visits the USA and withdraws the Berlin demands May 26, 1960 US U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR