The Cold War By graciela.ruiz20 Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Dec 31, 1991 The Cold War May 3, 1945 1945 : World War 2 ends and the Cold War begins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdI_UoEOsY8 Mar 5, 1946 March 1946 : Winston Churchill delivers the Iron Curtain Speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2PUIQpAEAQ May 12, 1948 May 1948 : U.S. & Britain break the Soviet blockade of West Berlin with the Berlin airlift https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ30Rgc5Prc Apr 4, 1949 1949 : North Atlantic treaty Organization is formed https://app.nimia.com/video/189229/nato-is-formed-in-1949-and-the-us-supplies-air-sup Jun 25, 1950 1950 - 1953 : Korean War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb0aZc97dKc Aug 15, 1954 1954 : Vietnam War Begins http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/01/world/vietnam-war-fast-facts/?scrlybrkr May 14, 1955 1955 : Warsaw Pact is formed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6niivpfrEuk Apr 17, 1961 1961 : U.S. is defected and humiliated at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba https://america.cgtn.com/2014/04/20/cubans-celebrate-bay-of-pigs-anniversary Aug 13, 1961 August 1961 : Berlin Wall is built https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxHE74GNEYg Oct 22, 1962 October 1962 : Cuban missile crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLo0aOfDrLY Apr 30, 1974 1974 : Vietnam War is over http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/01/world/vietnam-war-fast-facts/?scrlybrkr Nov 9, 1989 November 1989 : Fall of the Berlin Wall http://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/nov-1989-fall-berlin-wall-8980592?scrlybrkr Oct 3, 1990 October 1990 : Germany is reunited https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSuHhI66R6I Dec 25, 1991 December 1991 : Soviet Union collapses (Establishment of the Russian Federation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4EOSOgsekE
