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blockade on Berlin imposed by the USSR from 1948 to 1949

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The Berlin Blockade was a blockade of Berlin imposed by the Soviet Union from 1948 to 1949, during which the USSR cut off Western access to the city. This event became a major Cold War confrontation that tested whether the Western powers would abandon their presence in Berlin.

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