| A | B |
|---|
| 1949 | NATO formed by 12 European countries |
| 1945 | World War II Ends |
| 1948 | U.S. begins Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe |
| 1953 | Korean war ends with a truce |
| 1950 | Korean war begins |
| 1961 | Berlin Wall is built |
| 1955 | Soviet Union and its allies form Warsaw Pact |
| 1991 | Soviet Union breaks up and Cold War ends |
| 1959 | Fidel Castro leads Communist revolution in Cuba |
| 1989a | Berlin Wall falls |
| 1989b | Communist rulers overthrown in Eastern Europe |
