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Case Study #1 Berlin Airlift/ Berlin Wall - PowerPoint Presentation

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Case Study #1 Berlin Airlift/ Berlin Wall - PPT Presentation

US II Honors River Dell Regional HS Mrs Rivas Occupation Zones in Germany What should be done to Germany The Western zones decided to replace the nearly worthless German currency with new money a move the Soviets ferociously opposed ID: 686234

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Case Study #1Berlin Airlift/ Berlin Wall

US II Honors

River Dell Regional HS

Mrs. RivasSlide2
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Occupation Zones in GermanySlide4
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What should be done to Germany?

The Western zones decided to replace the nearly worthless German currency with new money, a move the Soviets ferociously opposed

In response, the Soviets imposed a total ground blockade in July 1948.

The purpose was not to drive the western allies out of Germany, but rather to force their hand.

Click below to hear Truman’s explanation of the blockade.Slide7

Between the 25th of June 1948 and the 1st of August 1949, two million two hundred thousand occupants of West Berlin were supplied 2,223,000 short tons of supplies in 266.600 flights.

  

Mileposts

 

18th February 1949

First million short tons delivered.

2nd July 1949 

Second million short tons delivered.

5th August 1949

Two and a quarter million tons delivered to Berlin.Slide8

Total Tonnage by Commodity:

US

British

Coal

1,421,730

164,800

Food

296,303 

241,713

Military Supplies

   ---

18,239

Miscellaneous

65,540

25,202

Wet Fuel

   ---

92,282

Total

1,783,573

542,236

 

Total Combined Tonnage

2,325,809 short tons

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While the Statistics are impressiveThe main things the airlift provided the people of Berlin were:

HOPE and FREEDOMSlide10

Berlin, 1961. Berlin Wall at Zimmerstrasse. West Berliners watching over the Wall to the East.Slide11

Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie

View from West to East Berlin, 1961Slide12
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In the last phase of the wall's development, the "death strip" between fence and concrete wall. Slide14

United States President Ronald Reagan delivers his famed "Tear Down This Wall" speech at the Berlin Wall in June of 1987, in which he called for Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the wall.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ronaldreaganbrandenburggate.htmSlide15