Memory Cold War Key EventsVersion en ligne Cold War Key Events par Daniel Yoder Iron Curtain Speech Soviet plan to help rebuild the economies of Eastern Europe. Response to the Marshall Plan in the West. Military Alliance of the Western Powers in the Cold War Berlin Blockade NATO Marshall Plan Berlin Wall Aid to help rebuild European economies in order to ward off communism. Money had to be spent on American goods. An attempt to get the Americans to give up their influence over West Berlin by not allowing goods into the city. Warsaw Pact Eastern European military alliance. Hungary Berlin Airlift Built in 1961 in order to stop defections from East Germany to the West. Informal declaration of the Cold War identifying that there was a conflict between the Communist East and Democratic West Truman Doctrine Molotov Plan Tried to become democratic in 1956 only to have Soviet tanks roll in and stop the revolution. Aid provided to nations resisting communism. First to receive aid were Turkey and Greece. American response to the Berlin Blockade.