The Berlin Airlift 1948 Flashcards
What was the Berlin airlift?
The American response to the Berlin blockade where they sent in planes to West Berlin with supplies for them
Why did USA have to fly in planes to West Berlin?
Stalin had blocked all road and rail access
What did the supplies include?
Food, luxuries
How long did the Berlin airlift last?
10 months
Why did the Americans need to prove their strength against Stalin?
To preserve the western powers in Berlin
Why was the Berlin airlift seen as a piece of propaganda?
It was used to promote capitalism to the communist part of Germany and Berlin, as the planes could be seen in the sky
Why did the planes being propaganda irritate Stalin?
The USA were trying to persuade his communists to become capitalist
Why did Stalin not act on the American airlift?
USA had developed the atomic bomb in 1945 so that scared Stalin
Why did the USA use stalins fear to their advantage?
If he feared them enough he would surrender communism and let his people free
Why did USA have to fly in planes to West Berlin?
Stalin had blocked all road and rail access
What did the supplies include?
Food, luxuries
How long did the Berlin airlift last?
10 months
Why did the Americans need to prove their strength against Stalin?
To preserve the western powers in Berlin
Why was the Berlin airlift seen as a piece of propaganda?
It was used to promote capitalism to the communist part of Germany and Berlin, as the planes could be seen in the sky
Why did the planes being propaganda irritate Stalin?
The USA were trying to persuade his communists to become capitalist
