USSR Control in 1948 Flashcards
By 1950 how was Churchill’s iron curtain speech proved to be correct?
There was walls and fences patrolled by heavily armed guards around Eastern Europe
When did the Soviets begin to interfere with road and rail traffic to Berlin?
23rd June 1948
How many days of food did the people of Berlin have left?
35 days
What three options did the allies have to get into Berlin?
- Accept the loss of Berlin to avoid war
- Use force to smash the blockade
- Launch an airlift to drop supplies into West Berlin
What option did the Allies choose?
The airlift
How many air corridors did they have in Berlin blockade?
3 narrow corridors
What caused the Berlin blockade? ( 4 marks)
- The cold war was just beginning
- Stalin wanted to destroy Germany and the USA and Britain wanted to rebuild Germany
- The USSR wanted to block any form of Marshall aid coming into Eastern Europe
- Stalin saw this as an attempt to undermine soviet influence in Eastern Germany
What did the American army want to do?
Fight it’s way into Berlin
How many months did the blockade last?
11 months
When did the Berlin Blockade start?
June 1948
When did the Berlin Blockade end?
12th May 1949
In the end what did Stalin do?
He lifted the blockade
What were the 4 results of the Berlin Blockade?
- The Cold war got worst
- Germany split up into East and West (France, UK and USA joined there parts)
- The western allies set up NATO (an alliance against Russia)
- Started an arms race
How many countries signed up to NATO?
12
When was NATO set up?
April 1949
What did the US officials call NATO?
“An antidote to fear”
When did the USSR develop their first atomic?
1949
When did West Germany join NATO?
1955
How did the soviets respond to NATO?
They created the Warsaw pact
What was the Warsaw pact meant to be?
A defensive alliance against the West
What is McCarthyism ?
Fear of communism
What was the arms race?
A race to see which country has the most powerful weapons in order to protect power
Who created the ICBM first? USA or USSR?
The USSR in 1957
What does ICBM stand for?
Intercontinental ballistic missiles
Who invented rockets V1 and V2
The Nazis
When was the communist revolution in China?
October 1949
