Events that lead up to the cold war

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Greek communist defeated

1944

Yalta Conference

February 4 1945 - February 11 1945

Postdam Conference

July 17 1945 - August 2 1945

Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

March 5, 1946

Marshall Plan

1947 - 1951

Truman Doctrine

March 12 1947

Communist takes over Czechoslovakia

1948

Berlin Airlift

June 24 1948 - May 12 1949