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"Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace." Walter Ulbricht
- Berlin Blockade, 1948
- Russians block the transportation routes into Berlin
- Allies had to decide to give up Berlin or make other plans
- War was an option
View RAAF Squadron Berlin Air Lift and over 3,000,000 other topics on Qwiki.
- Berlin Airlift, 1948
- 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 was started with currency reforms but ended up with a wall dividing berlin in half. To aid the western half of berlin they had the Berlin airlift where planes supplied all the goods that western berlin needed.