Berlin Blockade And Airlift Flashcards
The 1st conflict of the cw that set…
The style of every soviet American FP for the next 43yrs
The blockade rapidly…
Ended cooperation, 1st time that actual forced had been used. Set the stage for everything that was to follow. Relations deteriorated rapidly
When Stalin ordered that land access to Berlin be closed to allied forces..
It was simply the latest example of the unwillingness of the su to abide by the eras of the agreements laid down at Tehran 1943, yalta 1945 and Potsdam 1945, more than 2 months after the war had ended in Germany
Propagandistic victory for the USA and cap
Candy bomber
Flights carrying the lifeline of west Berliners every 30 secs.
9000 tons every day by the end of April 1949
Why was it dangerous?
Prospect of shooting down an airplane was an act of war
