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