{"id":23940,"date":"2025-09-15T10:36:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earth-site.co.uk\/Education\/?p=23940"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:36:17","slug":"year-1949","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earth-site.co.uk\/Education\/year-1949\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 1949"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; 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\">On this day in  1949<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; \"> Ireland or  Eire officially became <a href=\"..\/Ireland.html\">the Republic of Ireland<\/a>. Following the &ldquo;Easter Uprising&rdquo;  (24<sup>th<\/sup>-30<sup>th<\/sup> of April 1916) public support for the Irish  Republican Party had grown. On the 14<sup>th<\/sup> of December 1918 as part of  the <a href=\"..\/United Kingdom.html\">United Kingdom's<\/a> general elections, votes cast in Ireland gave overwhelming  support for the Irish Republican Party, (called Sinn Fein). However there was  still massive support for the Unionist Party in the northern province of Ulster  (this region would later become Northern Ireland). &nbsp;Instead of the elected members of Sinn Fein attending  the Imperial Parliament in London, Sinn Fein created their own Parliament in  Dublin called the &lsquo;First D&aacute;il Eirean&rsquo; (first Irish Assembly). On the 21<sup>st<\/sup> of January 1919 Sinn Fein declared Ireland&rsquo;s Independence from the United  Kingdom. On the same day two members of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) were  shot dead. This was the beginning of the Irish War of Independence. A large  group of Irish gorilla fighters formed (some from the Irish Volunteers) and by September of 1919 they would be  known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The IRA began &ldquo;liberating&rdquo; weapons  for their cause from the UK forces. The UK declared both Sinn Fein and their  government illegal and sent in troops. But with the army recovering from the  losses of WWI many of the troops sent were ex-soldiers. The influx of soldiers  in their tanned uniform and the black uniform of the police led to their nick  name of &lsquo;Black and Tan&rsquo;. Many of the troops acted less than professionally,  drunk brash and badly organised. The IRA were able to assassinate members of  the Black and Tan then concil themselves as normal members of the public. On many occasions when members of the British armed forces were attacked they  would open fire on civilians in retaliation. Many left the Royal Irish  Constabulary and within 2.5 years the IRA had won their freedom.  On the 6<sup>th<\/sup> of December 1921 the Anglo-Irish treaty was signed  creating the Irish Free State. The Province of Ulster used the Ulster Month  Clause to remain part of the United Kingdom and became Northern Ireland. Under  the Statute of Westminster in 1931 Ireland and many countries gained full legislative  independence and on this day in 1949 Ireland became a republic denouncing King  George VI.<\/span><\/p>\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"tdih_event_date\">1949-05-12<\/td><td class=\"tdih_event_type\"><\/td><td class=\"tdih_event_name\"> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; \">On this day in 1949 the Soviet blockade of West Berlin was lifted.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; \"> <\/span><\/p>\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; \">After  World War II tougher restrictions were put on <a href=\"..\/germany\">Germany<\/a> compared with the First  World War. Part of the restrictions included the country being put under the  control of the major powers of the &lsquo;Allies&rsquo; (<a href=\"..\/United Kingdom.html\">United Kingdom<\/a>, <a href=\"..\/United States.html\">United States<\/a>,  <a href=\"..\/France.html\">France<\/a> and <a href=\"..\/Russia.html\">Russia<\/a>) with each country controlling a section. Each of the four  countries also controlled part of the German capital of Berlin which is  situated deep within what was soviet controlled Germany. When the United  States, the United Kingdom and France discussed merging their sections to form  West Germany, the Soviet Union was outraged. This outrage grew when on the 20<sup>th<\/sup> of June 1948 they introduced the deutsche mark to their regions. By the 24<sup>th<\/sup> of June 1948 the Soviet Union set up a blockade preventing all supplies to the  would be West Berlin. For eleven months the United Kingdom and the United  States flew in supplies (mainly fuel). On this day the Soviet blockade was  lifted and on the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> of May 1949 the Western areas were united as  the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or BRD) and  shortly after, on the 7<sup>th<\/sup> of October 1949, the Soviet controlled  side or Eastern side became the German Democratic Republic (Deutsche  Demokratische Republik, or DDR) with control of the capital city of Berlin was  also split accordingly.<strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n  <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"tdih_event_date\">1949-05-23<\/td><td class=\"tdih_event_type\"><\/td><td class=\"tdih_event_name\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;text-indent: 36.0pt\"><strong><span>On this day in 1949, the Western-controlled areas of Germany were united to form the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or BRD)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>After World War II tougher restrictions were put on <a title=\"Germany\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earth-site.co.uk\/Education\/germany\">Germany<\/a> compared with the First World War. Part of the restrictions included the country being put under the control of the major powers of the \u2018Allies\u2019 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth-site.co.uk\/Education\/unioted-kingdom\">United Kingdom<\/a>, <a title=\"United States of America\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earth-site.co.uk\/Education\/united-states\">United States<\/a>, <a title=\"France\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earth-site.co.uk\/Education\/france\">France<\/a> and the Soviet Union) with each country controlling a section. On this day in 1949, the Western areas were united as the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or BRD) and shortly after, on the 7<sup>th<\/sup> of October 1949, the Soviet-controlled side or Eastern side became the German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik, or DDR) with control of the capital city of Berlin was also split accordingly.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/divi:shortcode --><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; 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