Berlin Blockade
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, 20th & 21st Century European History, British History, German History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Berlin
- Date: March, 1948-May, 1949
Article abstract: Faced with Soviet attempts to cut off West Berlin from the Western Allies’ zones in Germany, the United States and Britain respond with a successful airlift.
Summary of Event
The most important and dramatic confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in the formative period of the Cold War was the blockade of Berlin and the resulting airlift. The Soviet challenge to the West’s rights of access to Berlin seems to have been designed not only to expel the Western powers from the former German capital but also to...
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