Timetoast By cambriarush Jan 1, 1947 Policy of Containment Mar 1, 1947 Truman Doctrine Jan 1, 1948 Berlin Airlift ends blockade of West Berlin Apr 1, 1948 Marshall Plan Jan 1, 1949 Comecon Apr 4, 1949 NATO formed May 23, 1949 Creation of Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) Aug 29, 1949 Soviet Union tests their first atomic bomb Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Mar 5, 1953 Stalin's death Jan 1, 1954 Johnson escalates troop numbers to start Vietnam War May 7, 1954 Dien Bien Phu Oct 4, 1957 Soviets launch Sputnik into space Period: Aug 1, 1961 to Nov 1, 1989 Berlin Wall Oct 4, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Aug 7, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Jan 1, 1969 Nixon signs agreement to withdraw from Vietnam Jan 1, 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
