The Cold War By Benten95 Aug 6, 1945 "Little Boy" dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 "Fat Man" dropped on Nagasaki Mar 5, 1946 Iron Curtain Speech Apr 1, 1947 Marshall Plan The European Recovery Program Period: Jun 23, 1948 to May 11, 1949 Berlin Airlift Aug 29, 1949 Nuclear Arms Race The Soviet Union drops its first nuclear bomb, dubbed "Joe One" Period: Feb 8, 1950 to Dec 1, 1954 McCarthyism Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 The Korean War Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975 The Vietnam War Period: Oct 4, 1957 to Jul 15, 1975 Space Race Period: Aug 13, 1961 to Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall Oct 16, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis