The Berlin Blockade

Question 1

Describe the Berlin Blockade

Answer 1

• ->24 June 1948
• ->1948: Stalin blocks supply lines to West Berlin
• ->USSR offers to ab. blockade if new cur. dropped
• ->26 June 1948 to 30 September 1949: Berlin air.
• ->May 1949: reopened

Question 2

What were the consequences of the Berlin Blockade?

Answer 2

• -> April 1949: NATO founded
• -> May 1949: Federal rep. founded
• -> October 1949: German Democratic Repub.
• ->May 1955: Fed. joins NATO, Warsaw Pact

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