Timeline: Origins of the Cold War

Feb 4, 1945

Yalta Conference

The Yalta Conference was in February 1945, attending were Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin. The conference was to bring Stalin into WW2 against Japan, discuss the forming of the United Nations, what would happen to Poland, what would happen to Germany. It ended with everything pretty much as it was before the conference.

Period: Feb 4, 1945 to May 14, 1955

Origins of Cold War Timeline

Apr 12, 1945

Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt

May 7, 1945

Surrender of Germany (WW2)

Jul 17, 1945

Potsdam Conference

The Potsdam Conference July-August 1945. It was to decide the future of Europe. Attending were Truman, Atlee, and Stalin. What was decided was the future of Germany, Japan, borders of Poland, German war payments to the Soviets.

Aug 15, 1945

Japanese Surrender (End of WW2)

Feb 20, 1946

Kennan's Long Telegramme

Mar 5, 1946

Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

Mar 10, 1946

Truman demands Soviets leave Iran

Mar 12, 1947

Announcement of Truman Doctrine

Jun 5, 1947

Announcement of Marshall Plan

Jun 13, 1947

Sovietization of Romania & Bulgaria

Lasted from June to August.

Feb 25, 1948

Czechoslovakian Coup (Communists seize power)

Czechoslovak coup d'état.

Mar 13, 1948

Congress officially approves Marshall Plan

Mar 17, 1948

Announcement of Brussel Pact

The Brussels Pact (17 March 1948), also called the Treaty of Brussels or the Brussels Treaty, was initiated by five countries in Western Europe after World War II had weakened much of the military power of these countries. Its aim was to set out terms for economic, social and cultural cooperation, and especially, collective self-defence. The spirit and mandates of the Brussels Pact served as the basis for the establishment of the Western European Union.

Jun 21, 1948