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| 1948 June 24 |
| | | The Soviet Union imposes a blockade on Berlin by denying the other powers access through the land corridor to the city | |
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| 1948 June 26 |
| | | The Western powrers respond to the Soviet blockade by launching the Berlin airlift, flying in necessary provisions of every kind | |
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| 1949 |
| | | The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is set up by the USA and Canada, together with Britain and other European countries, for purposes of collective security | |
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| 1949 |
| | | The first Soviet atomic bomb, called by the Americans Joe One, is successfully tested in Kazakhstan | |
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| 1949 |
| | | British atomic physicist Klaus Fuchs is discovered to be a Soviet agent, passing nuclear secrets to the USSR | |
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| 1949 |
| | | Mao Zedong, standing on the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing, proclaims the new People's Republic of China | |
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| 1949 |
| | | Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) sets up a new Republic of China in Taiwan, vowing to recapture the rest of the nation in due course | |
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| 1949 May 12 |
| | | The Soviet Union lifts the blockade on Berlin and the airlift ends, after providing for nearly a year a lifeline to the city | |
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| 1949 May 25 |
| | | The Federal Republic of Germany is formed from the British, French and US zones of occupation | |
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| 1949 May 30 |
| | | The USSR grants nominal independence to east Germany as the newly established German Democratic Republic | |
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