Chapter 4 Flashcards
Bizonia
-January 1947
-the motivation to create a defined state and new currency to allow European recovery
London conference
-Germany should have its own constituent assembly
-trizonia formed
- no ussr there
British foreign minister
Ernest Bevin
Us general in charge of US sector in Berlin
General clay
What did the west introduced to western zones
Deutschmark because of the black market and recover Germany
What did the Soviets do in response
Introduced the ostmark and Berlin blockade on 24th June 1948
What was stalin hoping to achieve by doing the blockade
Move the west out of berlin or change policies
How did the west responsd
Operation plane fair or operation vittles (airlift)
What resources did Berlin have left
-36 days of food
-4 hours of electricity
- needed coal
How did the US raise the stakes
Sent b-29 bombers to Britain which bombed Japan
How many tonnes of supplies were delievered by airlift on Easter Sunday 1949
13,000
When did Stalin end the blockade
May 12th 1949 ( lasted for over a year)
And led to do a division of Europe
Formation of NATO
-April 4th 1949 as a defensive being
- reassuring Western Europe
- believed ussr were a threat
-12 founding countries
When did west Germany join NATO
May 1955
