Timeline Cold War By emma102 Aug 15, 1945 WWII Ends Mar 1, 1947 Truman Doctrine Outlined Jun 2, 1947 EPR/Marshall Plan outlined Jun 13, 1948 Berlin Blockade Begins May 14, 1949 Berlin Blockade Ends Jun 12, 1950 NATO Treaty Signed Jun 15, 1950 Start of Korean War Jul 13, 1953 U.S, Leaves Korea Oct 4, 1957 Launching of sputnik May 1, 1960 U2 Plane Shot Down over Russia Apr 15, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion Aug 18, 1961 Berlin Wall Erected Oct 16, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Aug 7, 1964 USA goes to war in Vietnam Jan 16, 1972 SALT Apr 16, 1973 Ceasefire in Vietnam May 16, 1975 Helsinki Accords Jul 18, 1979 USSR invade Afghanistan Yugoslavia begins Apr 16, 1983 Starwars Program Jun 16, 1987 Talks Between Reagan & Gorbachev Begin. - Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty Signed Mar 16, 1990 Reunification of Germany Jan 16, 1991 War in Yugoslavia Begins Dec 25, 1991 USSR collapse end of Cold War
