Timeline of the Early Cold War
1945: February 4-11 - Yalta Conference
1945: August 6 - United States first used atomic bomb in war
1945: August 8 - Russia enters war against Japan
1945: August 14 - Japanese surrenders, ending World War II
1946: March - Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech
1947: March - Truman announces Truman Doctrine
1947: June - Marshall Plan is announced
1948: February - Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia
1948: June 24 - Berlin blockade begins
1949: July - NATO treaty ratified
1949: May 12 - Berlin Blockade ends
1949: September - Mao Zedong, a communist, takes control of China
1949: September - Soviets explode first atomic bomb
1955: May – Warsaw Pact
1945: February 4-11 - Yalta Conference
1945: August 6 - United States first used atomic bomb in war
1945: August 8 - Russia enters war against Japan
1945: August 14 - Japanese surrenders, ending World War II
1946: March - Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech
1947: March - Truman announces Truman Doctrine
1947: June - Marshall Plan is announced
1948: February - Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia
1948: June 24 - Berlin blockade begins
1949: July - NATO treaty ratified
1949: May 12 - Berlin Blockade ends
1949: September - Mao Zedong, a communist, takes control of China
1949: September - Soviets explode first atomic bomb
1955: May – Warsaw Pact