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Events relating to the second world war
The Soviet Union imposes a blockade on Berlin by denying the other powers access through the land corridor to the city
The Western powrers respond to the Soviet blockade by launching the Berlin airlift, flying in necessary provisions of every kind
The Soviet Union lifts the blockade on Berlin and the airlift ends, after providing for nearly a year a lifeline to the city
The Federal Republic of Germany is formed from the British, French and US zones of occupation
The USSR grants nominal independence to east Germany as the newly established German Democratic Republic
Politician and author Winston Churchill completes his six-volume history The Second World War
Austria achieves a much delayed return to nationhood after the Soviet Union finally agrees to withdraw from the country
