The Berlin Blockade Is The First Major International Crises Of The Cold War

The person I choose for this topic is Ronald Reagan, he is a big part on how the Cold War ended. Russia, as everyone knows, has always been competitive with the U.S.A, the two countries always go back and forth with each other to be the first at everything. Now the Berlin Wall had been there for some time, ever since 1961. The communist government of Eastern Germany created the wall because they wanted to prevent disaffected people who were trying to fleeing to the West. But with this little did they know the trouble it would cause for the future. There were four powers during the time, Russia, France, Britain, and the United States. Berlin was in the Russian sector, but because the powers were only split amongst four countries it became a

At the long awaited end of World War 2, Germany was divided into two pieces, one for capitalists and the other for communists. Berlin, the stronghold city of Germany at the time, was split into two pieces as well, one part for capitalists and one part for communists, all separated by the infamous Berlin wall. West Berlin was a pro-american island in a soviet sea, and when the soviet union decided to blockade any shipments into West Berlin, the United States had to take immediate action. America shipped in supplies to West Berlin by air! If it hadnt been for America and its allies supporting West Berlin, it could have easily been conquered by the surrounding communists. The Berlin Airlift displayed the fight that America put into containing communism and how hard they were willing to work to keep the red water as far away from them as possible. These diplomatic tactics saved Berlin and eventually led to the Berlin walls’ downfall, allowing the city to come together and live peacefully. This was one of the first major steps in stopping the spread of communism through

With an end goal to test the United States' dedication to control Joseph Stalin chose to set up a bar around West Germany. (Doc B) The bar kept all provisions, including sustenance, from being brought into Western Berlin. Since the U.S. was at that point sending billions of dollars into Europe the Soviet Union felt that they wouldn't get included in the little encounter going on. Be that as it may, the United States regarded their dedication to the Truman Doctrine and alongside assistance from their partners; America flew in provisions and sustenance to West Berliners for over a year. The Berlin Airlift was a win and on May 12, 1949, Stalin evacuated the barricade(Doc B). This demonstration of regulation demonstrated that the States kept their oath when it came to keeping the spread of

The Berlin airlift initially started with the division of Germany into four sections amongst major powers, including the US, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union after WWII. The United States, Britain, and France united to make West Berlin, while East Berlin belonged to the Soviet Union. On June 27, 1948, Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union decided to blockade any shipments into West Berlin in an attempt to weaken and overthrow it. With West Berlin surrounded by communism and no source of food because of the blockade, they saw no other choice but to surrender, that is until the US and its allies stepped in to help. The US and its allies supported West Berliners through airlifts, this consisted of supplies from food to coal being flown in to over two million people. On May 12, 1949, Stalin discards of the blockade, this left the nation and Harry Truman thrilled. The Berlin Airlift is a good example of containment because the United States was triumphant in keeping West Berlin from being overthrown by communist East

After World War II, Germany were divided into four occupied sectors. As shown on the map, the city of Berlin was divided and each dominated by a sector of the Allied Powers: Soviet Union, United States, Britain and France (Doc 3a). East Berlin was controlled under a communist rule by the Soviet Union, while West Berlin was governed under a democratic government. Winston Churchill additionally enhanced the idea of the Iron Curtain being that it represented an invisible line that separated the democratic countries of Western Europe from the communist countries of Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall to restrained people in East Berlin from fleeing to West Berlin. East Germans constructed the Berlin Wall to formally split East and West Berlin (Doc 3b). The Soviet Union denied access to transportation, food and water. The Berlin airlift was an event in which the United States, Britain, and France delivered goods to the people of West Berlin for 11 months after Stalin set up a

“...submit to individual documentation and also will submit their personal belongings for Soviet inspection… permit is required… for all freight brought into Berlin by military trains… Obviously these conditions would

“What happens to Berlin happens to Germany; what happens to Germany, happens to Europe.” These were the words of Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Foreign Minister from 1939 through 1949. The Soviet Blockade of Berlin was a direct challenge to Western attempts to combine their zones of occupation, and it threatened to unleash World War III. The Western Allies’ response to this blockade was a massive airlift, supplying over two million people in West Berlin with food, water, medicine, and other supplies. The Berlin Airlift was an important historical event which occurred just three years after the conclusion of World War II in Europe, and it had many complex causes and far-reaching consequences.

The allies decided to supply their sectors of the city from the air. This effort, known as the “Berlin Airlift,” lasted for more than a year and carried more than 2.3 million tons of cargo into West Berlin.

Time Period - The Berlin Airlift was effective at the end of World War II, 1948 to 1949. This topic was covered in lecture ten.

This is the first major episode of containment. Stalin believed that the Marshall Plan was expanding American influence. That the United States and its allies had big chuck of control of Berlin. Stalin had opposing views with those Western allies as they undermined him. Actions of the Western Allies led Stalin to be frustrated and threatened that Germany would be invaded the Soviet Union again. So, Stalin called the Berlin Blockade. It was a response to this pressure. The purpose of the Berlin Blockade was to block Western Allies railway, road, and canal access to sectors of Berlin, that were under Western Control. This caused a chaos in Berlin and the population was low on supplies. The Western Allies responded with the Berlin Airlift. It was considered an episode of containment. It was supposed to save West Berlin from communism and stop the spread of communism. It happened from June 1948 to May 1949. The United States and its allies were flying roughly a year to West Berlin to drop supplies. They flew over 200,000 flights in one year and provided more than 5,000 tons of the

The original conflict that led to the Berlin blockade arose after World War II. As early as 1947, growing problems between western democracy (United States, Britain et al.) and communism (the Soviet Union), started to take definite shape as the

On May 8th, 1945, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel surrendered the German armed forces to the allies in Berlin, thus ending the war for Germany. The German people were then confronted by a situation never before experienced. All of Germany was occupied by foreign armies, their cities and infrastructure lay in ruins, and millions were homeless and starving. Following the unilateral surrender by Germany, the country was divided into four zones, governed by each of the allied powers: Britain, France, the U.S. and the Soviet Union. As diplomacy between the West and the Soviet Union began to deteriorate, each zone became more self-sufficient and independent of the others. Tensions between the West and the Soviet Union also began to rise as it became apparent that the two super powers, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. would vie for dominance throughout the world, each seeking to spread its ideology and stop the spread of the other’s. The first real exacerbation of this conflict came when the Soviet Union blockaded the divided city of Berlin, which lay in is zone of control. The U.S.S.R. wanted to test the Western resolve to hold Berlin and maintain control. The response the U.S. chose was to keep Berlin supplied by air, through constant resupply by aircraft, a feat never before accomplished. The airlift lasted for nearly eleven months and kept the Western controlled sectors of Berlin adequately supplied, and showed the Soviet Union the U.S.’s resolve to hold out against the spread of

West Germany's prosperity attracted many of the young and ambitious citizens of East Germany. West Berlin represented an "an island of freedom in a Communist sea" (Kennedy, 1961). This meant for East Germans; capitalism had much more freedom than a communistic society. Khrushchev realized it was necessary to stop skilled workers and professionals fleeing in large numbers. As a result, Khrushchev made the decision to close off the East Berlin frontier. Overall, the U.S's willingness to fight off the blockade with the airlift showed that they were not going to give up their zone in Berlin and, therefore, caused the Soviets to lift the blockade. Although no such event occurred, the U.S being prepared to attack the U.S.S.R by stationing B-29 bombers in Britain-in case the Soviet Union were to shoot down the planes was more convenient than the Soviet's plan since they made no major effort to disrupt the airlift. The ongoing immigration into West Germany gave the Allies, particularly the U.S an even better economy as the numbers of skilled professionals

The aim of this investigation is to assess the main factors that ultimately led to the failure of the Berlin blockade, giving the Soviets

They wanted to drive The United States of America, The United Kingdom and France out of the city. So, in 1948, what came to be known as the Soviet Blockade was an event that aimed to starve the western Allies out of the city. The United States could have retreated and started a war. But they did not. In fact, they themselves sent food to the city of Berlin and wanted to bring it back to normal. This is because they did not want Soviet Union to gain full control over the city. They could not see this part of the city turning totally communist. This effort, known as the Berlin Airlift, lasted for more than a year and delivered more than 2.3 million tons of food, fuel and other goods to West Berlin. 300,000 Berliners demonstrated for the international airlift to continue. In May 1949, The Soviets lifted the blockade, permitting the resumption of Western shipments to Berlin.