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