Today we started presentations. I am pretty sure that I am going to go today.
Jackie went first.
-The Berlin Blockade started June 24, 1948 and ended in May.
I was one of the major first parts of the cold war. The U.S. and the USSR had different aims for what they were going to do with Germany. It was an attempt by the Soviet Union to block allied access to the Germany city of Berlin. It was only a failure for the Soviet Union. It turned into a major victory for western Europe.
-The first battle of the cold war. Stalin was president of Soviet Union and he ordered the blockade. This led to the Berlin Airlift. He did this because he didn’t want anyone to come in or go out. Berlin was split into four parts. Berlin was in the Soviet zone of Germany. Stalin thought it would be fair that he would get all of Berlin because it was entirely in his zone.
-The Berlin Airlift
It was the biggest airlift ever taken by the air force. It was huge. There were over 2 million tons of supplies flown into Berlin in over approximately 10 months. They brought in food, medical supplies, and clothing. Stuff like that. It was a solution to the supplies problem during the cold war. They sent over fuel, food and other essential goods. The Berlin airlift was successful. In order to stop the airlift the Soviets could have shot down the planes or they could have let it happen. They let it happen because they didn’t want to go into another war. So, we kind of got the checkmate.
Then I did my part of my presentation.
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