Cold War Timeline

The Cold War started in 1944 and the end has been disputed; either 1990 or 1991.

1940s

 * 1944 End of World War Two
 * 1945 Yalta Conference
 * 1945 Potsdam Conference
 * 1946:
 * 1) February - The Long Telegram
 * 2) March - Winston Churchill's 'Iron Curtain Speech '
 * 1947:
 * 1) March - Truman Doctrine
 * 2) June - Marshall Plan

1950s

 * 1950 Treaty Of Friendship
 * 1950 NATO
 * 1951-1953 Korean War
 * 1953-1961 President Eisenhower
 * 1954 Domino Theory
 * 1955 -1958 Quemoy/Matsu
 * 1956 Poland
 * 1956 Khruschev's Secret Speech
 * 1956 Hungarian Uprising
 * 1959-1961 Mao's Great Leap Forward
 * 1959 Cuban Revolution

1960s

 * 1960 Budapest Meeting
 * 1962 Sino-Indian War & Indo-China
 * 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
 * 1968 Prague Spring
 * 1969 Ussuri River Conflict

1970s

 * 1972 Nixon's Visit to China
 * Ping Pong Diplomacy