I/The beginning of the Cold War refers to the collapse of the Britain Empire and of the Europe in general (1945-1963) 1- 1945-1947, or the division of Europe by United States and USSR * 1945 – Potsdam conference * 1945 – 3D Plan for Germany * 1945 – Atlee becomes the new 1st minister of Britain after the tidal wave election * Mars 1946 - Churchill’s speech in Fuhlton : 1st use of the term “Iron Curtain” * January 1947 – Creation of the Bizone * September 1947 – Creation of the Komminform * 1947 – Creation of the Marshall Plan which shows the weakness of Europe * 1947 – Truman’s doctrine * 1947 – there always was the ration book in Britain * 1947 – Independence of India and Pakistan and begin of the decolonisation 2- 1948-1955, the Cold War begins in Europe * January 1948 – Creation of the Trizone * February 1948 – Czech’s revolution in Prague * 20th May 1948 – Monetary Reform in Germany by American. Creation of the “Deutsch Mark” * April-June 1948-1949 – Berlin’s blockade * 23rd May 1949 – Creation of the RFA * 7th October 1949 – Creation of the RDA * 1949 – Creation of the British Commonwealth which succeeded to the British Empire * 1949 – Creation of NATO by United States. This organization gathered a lot of European countries in 1949. It embodied the economic failure of Europe * 1949 – Creation of CAEM by USSR. * 1951 – Churchill became 1st minister of the Great Britain, a new time * 1951 – Crises between England and Iran about raw materials * 1953 – Death of Joseph Djougachvili Staline * 7th April 1955 – Anthony Eden became 1st minister of England 3- 1955-1963, Europe was splited into two part and separated by the “Iron Curtain” * 1955 – Creation of the Warsaw Pact by USSR * 1956 – Intervention of Great Britain in the Suez Canal affair – Eden left the government and was replaced by Harold Macmillan * November 1956 – Hungary’s revolution *