The document discusses the formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War period between 1945-1955. It describes events like the Berlin Airlift of 1948 in response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin, the founding of NATO in 1949 and West Germany in the same year. It also discusses communist takeovers in countries like Poland and Czechoslovakia, as well as West Germany and Greece/Turkey joining NATO and the Soviet Union forming the Warsaw Pact in 1955 in response to West Germany rearming.

1. NATO and the Warsaw Pact (1945 - 1955)

2. 1945

3. 1946

4. 1946

5. 1947

6. 1947

7. 1948 Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia

8. 1948 Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia

9. 1948 Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia

10. 1948 Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia

11. 1948

12. 1948

13. 1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

14. 1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

15. 1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

16. 1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

17. 1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

18. 1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

19. 1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

20. 1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

21. 1948 June 1948: The Berlin Airlift Begins

22. 1948 Tito breaks from the Soviet Union

23. 1949 April 4, 1949: NATO founded

24. 1949 May 23, 1949: West Germany founded

25. 1949 US deploys nuclear weapons to defend Western Europe

26. 1949 US deploys nuclear weapons to defend Western Europe

27. 1949 US deploys nuclear weapons to defend Western Europe

28. 1949 US deploys nuclear weapons to defend Western Europe

29. 1949 US deploys nuclear weapons to defend Western Europe

30. 1950

31. 1950

32. 1951

33. 1951

34. 1952 Communists take over Poland

35. 1952 Communists take over Poland

36. 1952 Communists take over Poland

37. 1952

38. 1952

39. 1952

40. 1952 Greece and Turkey join NATO

41. 1952 Greece and Turkey join NATO

42. 1952 Greece and Turkey join NATO

43. 1952 Greece and Turkey join NATO

44. 1953

45. 1953

46. 1954

47. 1954

48. 1955 West Germany joins NATO The Warsaw Pact is formed

51. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)