Berlin 's Crisis Of The Cold War

After the conclusion of World War II, the city of Berlin was divided into two sections: East and West Berlin. The western section was divided between the three allies while the eastern portion was under Soviet control. Western Berlin had become a small hold on capitalism in a sea of Marxist communism. On 24 June 1948, the Soviet Union cut off all ground routes into the western portion of Berlin. This left approximately 2.5 million Berlin citizens without the United States supplies they had been receiving. It would also leave the roughly 6,500 western troops without ground-level support, surrounded by 16,000 soviets (Owens 70).

The Berlin Airlift was an important historical event. At the end of World War II, the United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia took control of Germany, splitting it into four zones. The U.S.S.R. took control of the East. The U.S., Britain, and France took control of zones in the West which they later combined into the Trizone. The capital city of Berlin was located in the section controlled by the Soviets, so the four powers agreed to split Belin into two sections. Just like the rest of the country, the Western Allies took control of West Berlin and the Soviets took control of East Berlin. Because the city was in the middle of the territory controlled by the Soviets, the city of West Berlin was only accessible by selected roads and railway lines. The Soviets set up checkpoints

This changed in June 1, 1942. The US Army Air Corps assumed control of the airport, leasing its use for the duration of World War II. It became the Overseas Replacement Depot hub and a training site for fighter and bomber pilots. Use of the airport exploded: a near constant stream of the military’s largest and heaviest planes, bombers, and fighters were

June 12 1919 -Airplane just allowed to leave the ground at the American Aviation Field at  weissenthurm (Germany)

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The US Army Special Forces team had been on Fort Gordon for six hours, they had dropped right onto main post early that morning, the C-130 flying over for everyone to see. It had its desired effect, not only did the Soldiers on post see the aircraft and those civilians off post that were aligned with the Southern States of America saw it too, it concerned them.

The dividing of Germany after World War II (WWII) was due to the surrender of Germany and the end of the Nazi Party. After the war was over, Germany

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After World War II, the Allies apportioned the crushed Germany into a Soviet-possessed zone, an American-involved zone, a British-possessed zone and a French-possessed zone. Berlin, the German capital city, was found somewhere down in the Soviet zone, yet it was additionally isolated into four areas. In June 1948, the Russians closed all parkways, railways and waterways from western-involved Germany into west Berlin. This made it unimaginable for the general population who lived there to get nourishment or whatever other supplies and drove Britain, France and the U.S. out of the city for good. Rather than withdrawing from West Berlin, its partners chose to supply their segments of the city from the air. The Berlin Airlift went on for over a

The containment of the Soviet Union in the aftermath of the World War II was a main American policy (261). The Western European and North America allies saw the Soviet domination in the regions as a threat to their democracy. European countries struggled for the need for economic reconstruction, and during containment it became useful in the effort to aid recovery (260). Postwar Germany was a special problem (261) . There had been a division into U.S, Soviet Union, British, and French zones of occupation, with the former German capital of Berlin (itself divided into four zones), near the center of the Soviet zone (261). When consolidated federal state was created from their zones by the western powers, Stalin responded by Blockade of Berlin

As Krepinevich contends in our reading, from 1932-1938 the United States allowed its combat aircraft inventory size to remain unchanged, however, it still maintained a variety of platforms. “Rather than invest scare resources in maintaining a large inventory of rapidly obsolescing planes, the service wisely concentrated on keeping up with technology.” (Krepinevich, p14) Technology was changing at such a rate that the

The Berlin Blockade is said to be the first major international crises of the Cold War. The basis of this blockade was to cut of Western Allies ' railway, road, and canal access to the eastern side of the city. The Soviets proposed an offer to the west, in which they would drop the blockade, if newly introduced Deutschmark currency was withdrawn from West Berlin. But seeing as though if they did agree, the German society would only crumble even further, so the westerners rejected the offer. The idea of the an airlift came to mind of the western allies, as they wanted aid Berlin citizens and abolish the Soviet authority. This idea was inspired by the World War II American airlift from India, over the Himalayas, to China- “The Hump”, to resupply the Chinese war effort. Planning and investigating were soon done by the three nations in an attempt to figure out and carry out a large-scale solution.

The Berlin Blockade and Airlift began on the 23rd of June 1948 and ended on the 12th of May 1949. It was the first major conflict to occur during the Cold War between USA and the USSR. During this conflict Western Berlin who was under the control of the Western Allies was blocked off from the West Germany by the USSR. USA decided to airlift goods between West Berlin and West Germany. The causes of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift we the Yalta Conference, the American policy of containment and the growing mistrust and tension between the USA and the USSR. The consequences of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift were the major disruption to the everyday life of the people living in West Berlin, NATO and Warsaw Pact created and the further decline