Jackie; Berlin Blockade and the Berlin Airlift.- Began June 14, 1948- It didn’t last even a year.Causes were;-when the SU tried to block allies access into Berlin-Stalin ordered the blockade because he didn’t want anyone going in or out-his overall goal was to have all of Berlin-split in 4-The reason he blockaded it was because it was in his zone, so he thought that the SU should have all of Berlin.-The Berlin Airlift was a solution to the supplies problem in Berlin during the blockade-Over 2.3 million tons of supplies were flown in, in 10 months- It was the biggest airlift ever flown by air force-was successful for the allied powers.To stop the airlift the SU would have to shoot our airplanes down.Megan ;NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)- This started when SU became bigger threat to us in Germany- Western Europe wanted to do something-Treaty of Brussels, 1948, was the expansion of peace between GB and France- The countries that signed this treaty were, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, and the UK-wanted the US to join for our military support but the US didn’t- NATO gave military support to all who signed- they also would help to fight, military alliance was a defensive alliance-They had to freedom to get involved if they wanted to-It is still around today-present in 9-11-SU pact; Warsaw pact-they wanted more countries to join.
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