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