Timeline: The Cold War | Timetoast

Feb 4, 1945

The Yalta Conference
Feb 6, 1945

Stalin's Hostile Speech
Mar 5, 1945

Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech
Apr 12, 1945

Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies Due to a Stroke
May 8, 1945

VE-Day

The official end of World War Two
Period: Aug 14, 1945 to Aug 15, 1945

VJ-Day

Japan Surrenders signalling the official end of World War Two.
Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949

The Berlin Blockade
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 20, 1969

The Space Race
Period: Oct 16, 1961 to Oct 28, 1961

The Cuban Missile Crisis
Period: Jan 1, 1980 to Dec 31, 1989

The relationship with the Soviet Union improves.

Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan become the presidents of the United States and the Soviet Union.
Dec 26, 1991

The Soviet Union Dissolves

The End of the Cold War.