today is a work day for our projects. our topic is Berlin Blockade. Today we spent most of our time picking out a song.
Notes:
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. In late 1947, discussions on Germany broke down over Soviet charges that the Allies were violating the Potsdam Agreement, and on March 20, 1948, the Soviets withdrew from the Allied Control Council administering Berlin. Ten days later, guards on the East German border began slowing the entry of Western troop trains bound for Berlin. June 7th we announced how we were going to proceed the creation of West Germany.
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