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