The Cold War By facebooker_100000518127572 Feb 1, 1945 Yalta Conference Defeat of Germany Zones of occupation Jul 1, 1945 Potsdan Conference Future of Germany (Europe) German Gov't Reparations Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima Aug 8, 1945 U.S.S.R Joins War Aug 9, 1945 Nagasiki Aug 15, 1945 Victory Japan Day Mar 5, 1946 Churchill "In Curtain" Speech Jan 1, 1947 Communist Coup Poland Mar 12, 1947 Truman Speech - "Truman Doctrine" Jun 1, 1947 Marshall Plan Sep 1, 1947 Comiaform Jan 1, 1948 Berlin Airlift - Berlin Blockade May 1, 1949 NATO Created Aug 30, 1949 Soviet Gets Atomic Bomb Oct 1, 1949 Foudning of P.R.C (China) Feb 1, 1950 McCarthy Speech "Communists in State Dept" Jun 25, 1950 N. Korea Invades South Korean - War Aug 13, 1961 Start of the Creation of the Berlin Wall