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  • Berlin was split into four zones, West Berlin was free and East Berlin communism

  • was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War

  • Germany blocked the Western Allies roads, railways, and canal access to Berlin

  • Western Allies airlifted goods to West Berlin

  • Coming just three years after the end of World War II, the blockade was the first major clash of the Cold War and foreshadowed future conflict over the city of Berlin.

  • (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949)
  • The success of the Berlin Airlift brought embarrassment to the Soviets
  • The blockade was lifted in May 1949 and resulted in the creation of two separate German states.


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