Cold war 1943-1949 dates

1943

• Nov Tehran confernce

• Nov cairo conference

1944

• June: Second front opened (D-Day)

• August: Warsaw Uprising

• October: Percentages Agreement (Churchill and Stalin)

1945

• February: Yalta Conference

• May: Surrender of Germany

• April: Roosevelt dies Truman

• July: US tests first atomic bomb

• July: Potsdam Conference

• August: USSR declares war on Japan

• August: Hiroshima bombing

• August: Nagasaki bombing

• August: Soviet invasion of Manchuria

• September: End of World War II

1946

• February: Kennan's Long Telegram

• March: Iran Crisis (first major Cold War confrontation)

• June: Baruch Plan proposed by the US (rejected by USSR)

• Baggage leaders in place in Eastern Europe

• Greek Civil War begins

• March: Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

• Chinese Civil War resumes

1947

• Jan: polish elections

• March: Truman Doctrine announced

• June: Marshall Plan proposed

• July: Molotov Plan proposed by USSR (Soviet response to Marshall Plan)

• July: Kennan's X Article published

• October: Cominform created

1948

• February: Czechoslovak coup

• March: Brussels Treaty signed (precursor to NATO)

• June: Berlin Blockade begins

• August: Creation of Republic of Korea and Democratic People's Republic of Korea

• November: Truman re-elected

1949

• April: NATO established

• May: End of Berlin Blockade

• September: USSR tests first atomic bomb

• October: Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) established

• October: German Democratic Republic (East Germany) established

• October: Mao declares the People’s Republic of China established

NATO established

April 1949

End of berlin blockade

May 1949

USSR tests first atomic bomb

Sept 1949

West germany established

oct 1949

East Germany established

Oct 1949

Mao declares PRC

Oct 1949

Czechoslovakia coup

Feb 1948

Brussels treaty signed

March 1948

Berlin blockade begins

June 1948

Creation of south and north korea

Aug 1948

Truman relected

Nov 1948

Polish elections

Jan 1947

Truman doctrine

March 1947

Marshall plan proposed

June 1948

Molotov plan

July 1948

Kennans X article published

July 1948

Cominform created

Oct 1947

Yalta conference

Feb 1945

Surrender of germany ww2

May 1945

Roosevelt dies replaced by Truman

April 1945

Potsdam conference

July 1945

USSR declares war on Japan

Aug 1945

Hiroshima

Aug 1945

Nagaski

Aug 1945

Soviets invade Manchuria

Aug 1945

End of WWII

Sept 1945

Kennans long telegram

Feb 1946

Iran crisis

March 1946

Barruch plan roposed by the US rejected by USSR

July 1946

Baggage leaders in Easter Europe

1946

Greek civil war begins

1946

Iron curtain churchill speech

March 1946

Chinese civil war begins

1946

Second front opened

June 1944

Warsaw uprising

Aug 1944

Percentages agreement

Oct 1944

Tehran conference

Nov 1944

Cairo confernce

Nov 1943

Bretton Wood

July 1944