The berlin blockade
• Began with currency
reforms in West Germany
• Russians block the transportation routes into Berlin
• Allies had to decide to give up Berlin or make other plans
• War was an option
reforms in West Germany
• Russians block the transportation routes into Berlin
• Allies had to decide to give up Berlin or make other plans
• War was an option
The Berlin airlift 1948
Instead the US decided on a massive airlift to supply the western half of the city
• One aircraft lands every two minutes for fifteen months
• It became a public relations victory and a show of US industrial might
• Example of the Truman Doctrine
• One cause for the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organziation (NATO)
• One aircraft lands every two minutes for fifteen months
• It became a public relations victory and a show of US industrial might
• Example of the Truman Doctrine
• One cause for the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organziation (NATO)
Summary
The berlin blockade began with currency and reforms in west Germany.The Russians blocked the transportation routes into Berlin and the allies had decided to give up berlin and make other plans. At this point, war was an option. The Berlin airlift in 1948 was when instead the US decided on a massive airlift to supply the western half of the city. There was one aircraft every two minutes for the duration of 15 months. This was an example of the Truman Doctrine and one cause for the formation of NATO.
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