PPT-Cold War Stations Station A: Berlin Airlift The

Cold War Stations Station A Berlin Airlift The Berlin airlift marked the first major confrontation in the Cold War For 11 months beginning in June 1948 the Western allies took part in an unprecedented attempt to keep a city alive . PAUL STATION PEARLARTS DISTRICT STATION CITYPLACE UPTOWN STATION MOCKINGBIRD STATION WHITE ROCK STATION LAKE HIGHLANDS STATION LBJSKILLMAN STATION FORESTJUPITER STATION DOWNTOWN GARLAND STATION DOWNTOWN ROWLETT STATION 327A 329A 332A 335A 337A Containment. Truman Doctrine, Marshall Pan. Berlin Blockade/Airlift. Views on Germany. Stalin. . - wanted to destroy Germany, was stripping East Germany of its wealth and machinery. . Britain, US and France. Berlin Airlift. Timeline:. . 24 June 1948 to 12 May 1949, Post World-War II. Location:. . Germany. Existing state: . Post-war division of Germany into four zones by countries like Soviet Russia, Britain, USA and France. Berlin inside Soviet occupied East Germany, city divided into 4 zones (U.S., France, Britain, Soviet Union). 1946 Berlin municipal elections: communists win 1 of 20 seats. United States to aid West Germany and West Berlin through Marshall Plan. IN THE 1960s, THE 1970s, . AND THE 1980s. Essential Questions. :. What were the important . Cold War events . of the 1960s and 1970s?. . How did the . Cold War end . in the 1980s?. Joseph Stalin . led the Soviet Union from 1927 to 1953. Space and Nuclear Race. Berlin Wall. Cuban Missile Crisis. End of the Cold War. Nuclear Arms Race. Reading. : http://. www.historylearningsite.co.uk. /. nuclear_arms_race.htm. Space Race:. Reading: http. Conflict in Berlin. Enter. Welcome to West Berlin. Welcome to West Berlin. While you are here be sure to check out the history of Post-WWII Berlin and explore the many images of the city. . CAUTION: DO NOT TRY TO CROSS OVER THE WALL TO EAST BERLIN!. Trace the reasons that the wartime alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union unraveled. . Explain how President Truman responded to Soviet domination of Eastern Europe. . Describe the causes and results of Stalin’s blockade of Berlin. . Civil War in Greece. A conflict in Greece where a communist party was trying to overthrow the government. Great Britain had been supporting the government but said they could no longer afford it. That is when America adopted the Truman Doctrine and started supporting Greece from the Communists. . Although Germany and Berlin (the capital) had been divided between the U.S., Soviet Union, Britain and France after WWII, the divisions were not on complete opposite sides. . West Berlin (controlled by the US, Britain and France) was situated within East Germany (controlled by the Soviet Union). . Period after WWII is referred to as the Cold War. : the tense relationship between capitalism (mainly the USA) and communism (Soviet Union). Postwar (after WWII) discussions were . postponed as long as possible. a. Explain the origin and meaning of the term “Iron Curtain.” . b. Explain how the United States sought to stop the spread of communism through the Berlin airlift, the Korean War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. . • a. Explain the origin and meaning of the term “Iron Curtain.” . • b. Explain how the United States sought to stop the spread of communism through the Berlin airlift, the Korean War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. . Berlin Airlift. Station B. Korean War. Station C. Sputnik. Station D. U-2 Incident. Station E. Marshall Plan. Station F. Berlin Wall. Station G. Cuban Missile Crisis. Station A: Berlin Airlift. Your Task .