Berlin Blockade Flashcards
1
Q
When was the Berlin blockade?
A
1948 to 1949
2
Q
What was the blockade?
A
The soviets shut of supply lines in Berlin, because he didn’t want capitalism to take over Germany.
3
Q
How did the USA respond to the Berlin blockade?
A
-The Berlin airlift - 275,000 flights transported 1.5 million tons of supplies to West Berlin. They used it as a propaganda victory, making capitalism look good.
4
Q
Why didn’t Stalin stop the airlift?
A
USA placed B29 bombers, which could carry atom bombs, in Britain, within range of Eastern Europe.
5
Q
Three reasons for starting the blockade
A
- Doesn’t want capitalism to take over Germany.
- Trizonia, western zones of Berlin could gang up on me.
- Marshall aid was making communism look bad.
6
Q
5 consequences of Berlin blockade
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- Cold war got worse, relationships worsened.
- Iron curtain becomes permanent.
- Military alliances created (NATO and Warsaw Pact)
- Arms race continued, soviets developed A bomb
- Propaganda for America - they were peaceful.
7
Q
Key events of Berlin blockade
A
- Stalin thought west zones were ganging up on him, because of trizonia.
- This led to the blockade, where supply lines between east and West Berlin, as Stalin thought the west zones were being made more powerful.
- This led to the airlift, which Stalin couldn’t stop because of B 29 bombers in Britain.
- The crisis worsened relations, as the iron curtain became permanent, and military alliances were created.
