World war 2 ends cold war begins By amari jones May 7, 1945 Defeat of Germany and Japan Feb 9, 1946 Joseph stalin's speech about communism and capitalism Mar 12, 1947 truman declares war active role in the Greek cilvil war Feb 25, 1948 communist take over czechoslovakia. Apr 4, 1949 The "NATO" was ratified Jan 30, 1950 truman approved h bomb development Jan 12, 1951 Federal cilvil defnse administration establishd Feb 1, 1952 A bombs developed by Britain Jul 27, 1953 The korean war ends Jul 12, 1954 Vietnam split at 17th parallel May 11, 1955 The warsaw pact was formed Nov 10, 1956 rebellion put down in communist hungary Oct 4, 1957 sputnik launvhed into orbit Dec 27, 1960 A bombs developed by france Apr 28, 1965 U.S marines were sent to the Dominican republic to fight communism. Apr 17, 1975 North vietnam defeats South vietnam which falls to communist forces Feb 1, 1976 Soviet and cuban forces help to install communist governments in Angola. Doesn't have a exact date Nov 9, 1989 Berlin walll was demolished. Oct 3, 1990 Germany is reunited again. Dec 8, 1991 End of soviet union and the cold war.