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The allies of World War II divide Germany into four occupation zones
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US President Truman gives permission for the world's first military use of an atomic weapon against the city of Hiroshima in an attempt to bring the only remaining theatre of war from the Second World War in the Pacific to a swift closure.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is formed by the United States and many western European countries to defend Europe against Soviet aggression
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More than 300,000 East Germans flee to West Berlin and then to West Germany.
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The Warsaw Pact is formed by the Soviet Union and communist countries in eastern Europe as a military defense organization to counter NATO
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Soviet-controlled East Germany divides Berlin with the Berlin Wall.
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Crowds of East Germans crossed and climbed onto the wall, joined by West Germans on the other side in a celebratory atmosphere
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East and West Germany are reunited.
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Started in 1947 and i=ended until the dissolation of the Soviet Union
