GermanyandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
2 SHARED EVENTSUnited Kingdom

Entangled histories

2 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · DEU LEFT · GBR RIGHT

1. 1939–1945

   The Second World War

   Britain fought Nazi Germany and the Axis, endured the Blitz, and emerged victorious but economically drained; the wartime Bengal famine of 1943 killed millions in British India.

   War & Rupture · from the United Kingdom chronicle · World wars, decolonisation, and the modern UK · REFS 2 — The end of the British Empire after the Second World War, Bengal famine of 1943

2. 24 Jun 1948 – 12 May 1949

   The Berlin Blockade and Airlift

   Berlin, divided into four sectors but located far inside the Soviet zone, was cut off when Soviet forces blockaded rail, road and water access to its western sectors; the United States and Britain flew in food and fuel, at the height one plane landing every 45 seconds at Tempelhof, until the blockade was lifted on 12 May 1949. West Berlin remained an enclave entirely surrounded by East Germany until 1990.

   Politics & Power · from the Germany chronicle · Division, the Federal Republic and Reunification · REFS 2 — The Berlin Airlift, 1948–1949, West Berlin