Year in review
1948
5 recaps from this year - events, occasions, and cultural moments.
India · 1948 · Protests
1948Mahatma Gandhi Assassinated
Gandhi's murder by a Hindu nationalist shocked the newly independent nation and exposed deep communal fractures in post-partition South Asia.
Germany · 1948 · Wars
1948Berlin Blockade & Airlift
The Soviet blockade of West Berlin and the Western airlift response became the first major Cold War crisis, demonstrating resolve and technological capability under pressure.
West Germany · 1948 · Wars
1948Berlin Airlift begins
1948 · Awards
1948UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted
Israel · 1948 · Revolutions
1948Israeli Independence & State Proclaimed
Ben-Gurion's gambit: declare statehood before the Arabs could stop it.
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