Berlin Blockade

Question 1

Stalin was worried that………..aid was helping Germany recover.
He wanted it kept weak.

Answer 1

Marshall

Question 2

Communists controlled the eastern zones, but not Berlin. Western
Berlin was a centre of spies and unhelpful advert of western….

Answer 2

Affluence

Question 3

…………., after Western allies combined their zones and bought in a new
currency all helping recovery. Stalin cut all routes to Berlin except …..routes

Answer 3

June 1948

air

Question 4

Allies flew over ………tonnes a day . After….months Stalin ended the blockade

Answer 4

4,000 tonnes

for 10 months

Question 5

One consequence of the Berlin blockade was the division of Germany into
2 separate countries (the FDR and GDR). …..

Answer 5

East and West

Question 6

One consequence of the Berlin blockade was US military commitment to
defending Western Europe with a military alliance ……. .

Answer 6

Nato

Question 7

One consequence of the Berlin blockade was US military commitment to
defending Western Europe with a military alliance NATO

– this deepened the Cold War as… ……. .

Answer 7

This tension greatly deepened the Cold War
as Stalin was seen as aggressive and the
USA were even more committed to
Western Europe

Question 8

A plane landed every … mins

Answer 8

3 mins

Question 9

……. what happens to West Germany

Answer 9

May 1949 the Western allies announced the creation of the
Federal Republic of Germany. ( FDR)

Question 10

……… what happened to East Germany

Answer 10

October 1949

• Stalin responded and the eastern zone
  became East Germany… (German Democratic
  Republic)-GDR

Question 11

How does Germany splitting up lead to increase cold war tensions

Answer 11

It greatly increased the Cold War rivalry as agreement over
Germany completely broke down and each sides zones
became separate countries,

Question 12

Why and when was Nato created

Answer 12

4 April 1949

The crisis showed the need for a strong military
alliance to deter Soviet aggression.

NATO – a western military alliance was created.

US was now committed to the defence of
Western Europe.

This caused further tension. Stalin saw it as an
‘aggressive alliance’.

The arms race accelerates.

Question 13

What was the consequence of West Germany joining the alliance(Nato) in 1955?

Answer 13

the
Soviet Union created their own military alliance
with Eastern bloc countries, the Warsaw Pact.

Now Europe was divided politically, economically
and militarily…deepening the Cold War.