Berlin Blockade flashcards

What was operation vittles?

American planes dropping supplies to Berlin inhabitants

What is operation little vittles?

American schools collect 12 tons of chocolate and sweets which are then dropped in mini-parachutes in Berlin

What is operation santa claus?

Brought christmas presents to 10,000 Berlin children

What does the UK, US and France do which led to Stalin calling off the blockade?

Unite their zones in Germany

What was created during the treaty of paris?

The european coal and steel community (ECSC)

What does the USCS progress to become?

The european union

Waht was created to ensure collective security against the USSR?

The north atlantic treaty organisation (NATO)

What did the USSR set up in direct response to the creation of NATO?

The Warsaw pact

What is the warsaw pact?

A military alliance of the communist states

What was constructed to divide berlin?

The Berlin Wall