The Cold War 1945-1991 By bmwagne6 Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Meeting of "The Big Three" (FDR, Churchill, and Stalin). The Cold War Begins Jul 1, 1945 Potsdam Conference Aug 6, 1945 U.S. drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 U.S. drops Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki Mar 5, 1946 "Sinews of Peace" Iron Curtain Speech by Winston Churchill Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine Jun 1, 1947 Marshall Plan Plan to help countries combat poverty, disease, and malnutrition Apr 4, 1948 NATO ratified May 12, 1948 Berlin Blockade Ends Mar 1, 1954 KGB Established Jul 1, 1954 Vietnam Split at 17th Parallel Sep 1, 1959 Kitchen Debate Apr 1, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion Aug 17, 1961 Construction of the Berlin Wall Begins Oct 1, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Jul 1, 1972 SALT I signed Jan 1, 1973 Ceasefire called by the U.S. Jul 1, 1979 SALT II Aug 1, 1991 End of Soviet Union and Cold War Ends Feb 14, 2015 Works Cited <a href='http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/03-cold-war-timeline.htm' > Nov 1, 2015 Berlin Wall Demolished
