The Iron Curtain was initially a non-physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991
Yalta Conference
February 4, 1945 - February 10, 1945
The World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.
Postdam Conference
July 17 1945 - August 2 1945
Stalin, Churchill, and Truman gathered to decide how to administer Germany, which had agreed to unconditional surrender nine weeks earlier on 8 May (Victory in Europe Day).[6] The goals of the conference also included the establishment of postwar order, peace treaty issues, and countering the effects of the war.
Containment
1946 - Approx. 1947
Containment is a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States. It is loosely related to the term cordon sanitaire which was later used to describe the geopolitical containment of the Soviet Union in the 1940s.
Eastern Bloc
1947 - 1991
All nations under the hegemony of the Soviet Union during the cold war
Truman Doctrine
1947
An american foreign policy which was supposed to counter soviet political expansion during the cold war. It was announced to congress by President Truman
Berlin Airlift
1948
The U.S. and British pilots begin delivering food and supplies by airplane to Berlin after the city is isolated by a Soviet Union blockade.
Marshall plan
April 3, 1948
President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948
Berlin Blockade
June 24, 1948 - May 12, 1949
The Soviet Union blocked western allies railways, road, and canal access to parts of Berlin which were under western control.
Nato
April 4, 1949
An american foreign policy which was supposed to counter soviet political expansion during the cold war. It was announced to congress by President Truman