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