Berlin inside Soviet occupied East Germany city divided into 4 zones US 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 ID: 225918
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The Berlin CrisisSlide2
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 PlanSoviets demand total control over East German political and economic systems, including Berlin
Tensions GrowSlide3
Allied Goals
Merge Allied zones of Berlin in 1948
Establish west German governmentCurrency reform
London ConferencesSlide4
Berlin Airlift, 1948Slide5
Road and waterways blockaded
Food, supplies, resources dropped from Allied bombers
Blockaded lifted on May 11, 1949
The AirliftSlide6
F
irst conflict of the Cold War
Creation of NATOPost-war animosity with Germany greatly decreases Stage set for Berlin WallCold War shifts from Europe after the Berlin crisis
The Airlift’s Legacy