may day is monday!!
harris and tara finished-- itialian med. front at the end of class.
rest is a work day
berlin blockade and airlift pres--- START NEXT THURSDAY
BERLIN (CAPITAL OF GERMANY) IN SOVIET ZONE- BUT BERLIN WAS SPLIT IN 4 PARTS TOO
WHAT HAPPENED TO GERMany AFTER WW2, 4 PARTS
US-AIRLIFT
- SHOOT THEM DOWN--START WAR
- DONT DO ANYTHING** CHOSE THIS
germany was split into 4 parts at the end of ww2- US, USSR, UK, France
in the USSR's land war Berlin. The capital of Germany
That was also split into 4 parts, and the USSR didnt like that and wanted to control all of it.
So they blockaded it
led to the airlift, lifting food supplies and clothes by airplane into berlin for the people
Berlin Blockade :Berlin Blockade Stalin attempts to cut off access to Berlin and takeover the city in 1948 No roads or rail lines can be used to enter or leave Berlin into Soviet controlled sector 2.5 million people at risk
Berlin Airlift: How it worked USA and GB decide to fly supplies to Berlin “Operation Vittles” 2.5 million tons of fuel, food, medicine etc. flown in ‘round the clock Lasted 11 months Soviet’s eventually give up as Blockade backfired
three events which actually led to Stalin blocking off the borders.
Firstly, in January 1947, Britain and the USA joined their two zones together. They called the new zone Bizonia (‘two zones’). The Russians realised that Britain and the USA were beginning to create a new, strong Germany, and they were angry.
Then, on 31 March 1948, Congress voted for Marshall Aid. Stalin (rightly) saw this as an attempt to undermine Russian influence in eastern Europe. Immediately, the Russians started stopping and searching all road and rail traffic into Berlin.
Finally, on 1 June, America and Britain announced that they wanted to create the new country of West Germany; and on 23 June they introduced a new currency into ‘Bizonia’ and western Berlin. People in eastern Europe began to change all their money into the new western currency, which they thought was worth more. The next day the Russians stopped all road and rail traffic into Berlin.
The Americans claimed that Stalin was trying to force the USA out of Berlin, and that the blockade was Russian empire-building in eastern Europe. Stalin, however, claimed that – by introducing the new currency – the USA and Britain had been trying to wreck the east German economy. And he said that the airlift was ‘simply a propaganda move intended to make the cold war worse.’
causes":Stalin was taking over eastern Europe by salami tactics, and America had just adopted the Truman Doctrine.
America and Russia had different Aims for Germany. Stalin wanted to destroy Germany, and was stripping East Germany of its wealth. Britain and America wanted to rebuild Germany’s industry – in January 1947, they joined their two zones together into Bizonia.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir2/berlinblockaderev1.shtml
http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0024195.html
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