The Cold War started in 1944 and the end has been disputed; either 1990 or 1991.
1940s[]
- 1944 End of World War Two
- 1945 Yalta Conference
- 1945 Potsdam Conference
- 1946:
- February - The Long Telegram
- March - Winston Churchill's 'Iron Curtain Speech '
- 1947:
- March - Truman Doctrine
- June - Marshall Plan
1950s[]
- 1950 Treaty Of Friendship
- 1950 NATO
- 1951-1953 Korean War
- 1953-1961 President Eisenhower
- 1954 Domino Theory
- 1955 -1958 Quemoy/Matsu
- 1956 Poland
- 1956 Khruschev's Secret Speech
- 1956 Hungarian Uprising
- 1959-1961 Mao's Great Leap Forward
- 1959 Cuban Revolution
1960s[]
- 1960 Budapest Meeting
- 1962 Sino-Indian War & Indo-China
- 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
- 1968 Prague Spring
- 1969 Ussuri River Conflict
1970s[]
- 1972 Nixon's Visit to China
- Ping Pong Diplomacy