"The Berlin Blockade." The Berlin Blockade. The Cold War Museum, n.d. Web. 21 Feb 2012.
Sharon McKay's List: Berlin Blockade Tipping Point
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Feb 26, 12
The Cold War era was a time of extreme tension between the US and USSR. Due to the US’s Marshall Plan, Europe was quickly recovering, Stalin saw this as a threat for Western Europe would become anti communist. The US also decided to include Western Germany in its plan for a new non-communist Western Europe. Stalin feared the division of Germany, the west being the wealthy part, allied to the US. He worried that the anti-communist west of Germany would lead to a German attack on Russia; thus he decided to put a blockade on West Berlin.
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Feb 26, 12
-Occurred in 1948, during the Cold War.
-There was tension over what do with Germany, and tension due to the US's Marshall Plan.
-The US wanted to include West Germany for its plan of a a non- communist Western Europe; this angered Stalin, and thus created even more tension between the two superpowers.
-USSR was in control of East Berlin, whilst the Western allies had control over West Berlin.
-Stalin put a blockade on West Berlin in June 1948.
-There was no food, fuel, or equipment being transported in West Berlin, therefore the people of West Berlin could possibly starve.
-The US decided that they couldn't give up West Berlin to the USSR, and therefore started to send supplies via aircraft: The Berlin airlift.
-After almost a year of flying supplies to West Berlin, to stop starvation, The Blockade was finally lifted in May 1949.
-The US saved approximately two million lives due to the airlift.
-There was no actual fighting between the US and USSR during this event.
- The US flew to Berlin over 200,000 times, and sending over 1.5 million tons of food, fuel, and equipment.
-The Warsaw Pact was created in 1955, in response to NATO, which was created after the Berlin.
-It symbolized the US's first victory against the USSR.
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Understanding the events that led to the imposition of the blockades is the key to understanding the later division of Berlin in 1961 by the Berlin Wall, and the division of the German state that had occurred earlier in 1949 when separate west German (Federal Republic of Germany) and east German (German Democratic Republic) states were established.
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The Berlin Blockade was a great historical event in history, for the consequences of the Berlin Blockade caused more extremely important historical events, such as the Berlin Wall.
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There are three key events that led to the Soviet blockades of Berlin: the institution of the Marshall Plan for European Recovery; the London Conferences of winter and spring of 1948; and the resultant London Program which called for a separate West Germany and currency reform as a means to reach this end.
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"The Berlin Blockade." The Berlin Blockade. The Cold War Museum, n.d. Web. 21 Feb 2012.
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The Berlin Blockade didn't just come out of nowhere. There were many events and reasons of why the Blockade occurred, such as: The Marshall Plan, The London Conferences (1948), and the resultant London Program, which would lead to a separation of Germany.
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Feb 29, 12
“They wanted to force the Western Allies to either change their policies or get out of Berlin altogether”
- The USSR wanted to gain the whole of Berlin.
-By gaining the whole of Berlin, it would slow down European recovery and the division of Germany would be less likely.
-They wanted the US to stop involving West Berlin in their plans of a non-communist Western Europe.
-They would either have to stop getting Berlin involved, otherwise the USSR would attempt to take the whole of Berlin by putting a blockade on West Berlin.
-Since the Western Allies didn't change their policies, Stalin put a blockade on West Berlin in June 1948.
-The Western Allies provided West Berlin with supplies through aircraft.
-Stalin's attempt of taking over the whole of Berlin had failed, thus he removed the blockade in May 1949.Isaacs, Jeremy and Taylor Downing. Cold War: an illustrated history, 1945-1991. 1st. Boston : Little, Brown: 1998. 70. Print. 21 Feb 2012.
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Feb 29, 12
The Western allies were unsure how to respond, they were unable to blast their way through the blockade, due to them having to go through soviet territory, thus leading to a full-scale war with the USSR.
-After the blockade on West Berlin was announced, The Western allies were unsure how to respond.
-The Western Allies had to be careful of how they would response, for they didn't want to a provoke a war with the USSR.
-At first they came up with the idea of blasting their way through the blockade, however this could possibly start a WWIII, which is what they wanted to avoid.
-The Western Allies finally came up with the idea to supply West Berlin through aircraft.
-They sent food, fuel and equipment to West Berlin for little under a year. This was known as the 'Berlin Airlift'.
-In May 1949 The Berlin Blockade was lifted, and the US had managed to avoid direct confrontation with the USSR.
Kort, Michael G. The Cold War. Brookfield: Millbrook Press, 1994. 45. Print. 21 Feb 2012.
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Germany was divided into the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the Democratic Republic of Germany (East Germany) until 1990.
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the consequences of the Berlin Blockade: Germany was divided between West and East until 1990.
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The Iron Curtain became permanent.
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The consequences of the Berlin Blockade: Winston Churchill's theory of communism spreading through Europe became real,( the iron curtain).
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Feb 26, 12
The Berlin Airlift officially symbolized the first victory for the US, it showed the US’s great determination and that they were able to save two million people from starvation. It caused great tension between the two superpowers and caused the creation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, capitalists vs. communists. Without the Berlin Airlift having occurred, the Cold War could have turned out completely differently, for the USSR would have gained complete control of Berlin, thus stopping the division of Germany.
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