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![]() The formation of NATO, together with the counterbalancing Soviet military alliance, the Warsaw Pact established one of the bases of the Cold War. |
1949 saw the creation of NATO, which was to become such a fixture of the Cold War.
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NATO
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- Full article: NATO
NATO was established in 1949.
Central America
In 1949, after a brief but bloody civil war, Costa Rica became the first state to abolish its army. Its southern neighbour, Panama abolished its army in 1990.
Events
Event | Start | End | Description |
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Tuskegee syphilis experiment | 1932 | 1972 | A murderous experiment which looked at the progression of syphilis. Subjects were told that they were being treated, while in fact treatment was denied them. Exposed after 40 years by a whistleblower who went to the press. |
Morgenthau Plan | 16 September 1944 | 5 May 1955 | Proposal to destroy or remove Germany's industrial base. |
Ratline | 1945 | 1960 | Channels where by prominent Nazis were spirited out of Europe to South America. |
Operation Paperclip | 8 May 1945 | 1990 | A transfer of top German scientists to USA. |
Guatemala syphilis experiment | 1946 | 1953 | A murderous experiment which infected healthy subjects with syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid and possibly other diseases. |
Turkish Straits crisis | 1946 | 1953 | |
Project CHATTER | 1947 | 1953 | CIA research focused on the identification and testing of drugs in interrogations and the recruitment of agents. |
Cold War | 1947 | 26 September 1991 | The official narrative had 2 diametrically opposed systems locked in combat with one another since soon after WW2. Each of the "superpowers" and its team of allies needed to outdo each other by creating ever more and deadlier weapons, creating a kind of perpetual war for perpetual peace, with the warring parties engaging mainly in covert/proxy wars. Deep state interests blossomed in the climate of fear and paranoia. |
Operation Demagnetize | 1948 | 1980 | "The institutional hardening of Gladio", an expansion of Gladio in the late 1940s, early 1950s. |
Marshall Plan | 1948 | 1951 | US initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to post-war Western Europe that has reached mythological status in transatlantic circles. If one looks at the details, it becomes far less impressive in achieving its stated objectives. |
Project AERODYNAMIC | 1949 | 1970 |
New Groups
Group | Image | Type | Description |
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George Mason University | ![]() | Public Research university Sea grant | Virginia-based university heavily Koch-funded. Notable for hosting over 40 libertarian research centers and affiliates. |
Nagasaki University | ![]() | Home to East Asia Research Institute of Endemics before WW2 (now Tropical Medicine) | |
College of Europe | ![]() | Postgraduate institute | |
Keele University | ![]() | Public | The largest campus university in the UK by area |
Commonwealth of Nations | ![]() | International | Organisation, mostly consisting of former British Empire nations. |
North Atlantic Council | ![]() | Formally the most important decision-making body of NATO. | |
Asda | ![]() | Retail | |
International Christian University | ![]() | Military ranks Liberal Arts College | Japanese Bilingual university founded during the US occupation. |
Atlantsammenslutningen | ![]() | ||
Gujarat University | ![]() | The largest and oldest university in Gujarat. | |
Shin Bet | ![]() | Intelligence agency | |
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation | ![]() | Tied to Anglo-American intelligence | |
National Committee for a Free Europe | ![]() | ||
Servizio Informazioni Forze Armate | ![]() | Intelligence agency | |
SIFAR | ![]() | ||
NATO | ![]() | Military International | The world's largest military alliance. "Take five broken empires, add the sixth one later, and make one big neo-colonial empire out of it all." |
Council of Europe | ![]() | International legal | IGO. Cannot make laws, but makes treaties. Accused of institutional (revolving door) corruption. Appears to bribe European & transcontinental countries. |
University of San Diego | ![]() | Research Military ranks Catholic | Private Catholic university. Not to be confused with San Diego State University. |
University of New South Wales | ![]() | University | Sydney technological university with military ties |
US/Department/Defense | ![]() | Military | The action arm of the Military-industrial-congressional complex, whose functionaries are rewarded in rough proportion to their ability to stifle dissent and channel funds to arms manufacturers. |
University of Sarajevo | ![]() | Public | University located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions | ![]() | ||
Mossad | ![]() | Intelligence agency | "Mossad" (Hebrew for Institute) is an abbreviation for ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim (Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks). It is the Israeli State Agency with overall responsible for external intelligence and covert operations. |
A Group that was Wound Up
Group | Image |
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Servizio Informazioni Militare | ![]() |
Deaths
Title | Born | Died | Place of death | Summary | Description |
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Ross Sterling | 11 February 1875 | 25 March 1949 | Texas Fort Worth | ||
John Scale | 27 December 1882 | 22 April 1949 | Spook | ||
James V. Forrestal | 15 February 1892 | 22 May 1949 | Maryland Montgomery County U.S. | Politician Banker | |
Frederick Ogilvie | 7 February 1893 | 10 June 1949 | |||
Kim Koo | 29 August 1876 | 26 June 1949 | South Korea Seoul | Politician | An assassinated Korean politician |
Frank Murphy | 13 April 1890 | 19 July 1949 | Michigan Detroit U.S. | Politician | |
Husni al-Za'im | 1897 | 14 August 1949 | Syria Damascus | Soldier Politician | |
Edward Stettinius | 22 October 1900 | 31 October 1949 | WW2 Secretary of State from corporate background | ||
Pierre Jay | 4 May 1870 | 24 November 1949 | Central banker | First chairman of the New York Federal Reserve in 1913 |
Births