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Europe 1946: The Iron Curtain Descends

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1850

Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

1861

Union blockade declared

starts 1916

Belgians invade German East Africa from Congo

starts 1843

Belgian Santo Tomás colony in Guatemala

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