The Berlin Blockade
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What happened to Germany after WWII?
It was split into 4 zones. The USSR, USA, Britain and France all controlled a zone.
What happened to Berlin, that was inside the Soviet zone?
Berlin was also divided into 4 zones.
What are the two zones that Brit+USA joined together on 1st Jan 1947?
Bi-zonia. (France then added theirs and this was known as Trizonia).
What did the USSR do to East Germany's factories after WWII?
The USSR stripped the factories in their zone of assets and machines etc (to take as reparations)
What did Britain, France and the USA do in June 1948?
They united their zones into a new country, West Germany. On 23 June 1948, they introduced a new currency, which they said would help trade.
What was Stalin's response to the creation of West Germany and the new currency?
The next day, Stalin cut off all rail and road links to west Berlin - the Berlin Blockade.
Why did Truman ignore General Clay ,who wanted to invade east Germany?
Truman did not want a hot war. Even if the US just brought food in by road it could be seen as an invasion.
What did America do to help West Berlin?
The US supplied West Berlin by air.
What did Stalin see western efforts to restore Germany as?
A direct attack
Why didn't stalin shoot down the USA planes?
He didn't want to declare war with USA. He did not want a hot war either.
When did Stalin admit defeat and reopen the borders?
12 May 1949
What did the western Allies set up in Oct 1949?
NATO - defensive alliance against Russia
What did Stalin set up in 7th Oct 1949?
German Democratic Republic
Warsaw Pact
A military alliance, formed in 1955, of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellite nations.
Operation Vittles
With help from the Royal Air force, the United States began an around-the-clock airlift of historic proportions that delivered nearly 2 million tons of supplies to West Berliners.
Federal Republic of Germany
Eventual name of postwar West Germany; created by the merging of the zones of occupation held by France, Britain, and the United States.
Iron Curtain
A term popularized by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to describe the Soviet Union's policy of isolation during the Cold War. The barrier isolated Eastern Europe from the rest of the world.
