Berlin Blockade and NATO 1948-1949: HSC Modern History Cold War

A focused answer to the HSC Modern History Cold War dot point on the Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 to 12 May 1949), the Berlin Airlift, the formation of NATO (4 April 1949), and the division of Germany into the FRG (23 May 1949) and the GDR (7 October 1949) as the moment the Cold War became militarised in Europe.