PPT-Did the Berlin Blockade ‘trigger’ the Cold War?

LO To identify the causes and effects of the Berlin Blockade on relations between the superpowers The Occupation of Germany In 1945 Germany was invaded by Western Powers and Soviet forces It was decided at Yalta and Potsdam to . L/O – To identify the causes and effects of the Berlin Blockade 1948-49. Problems with Berlin. Berlin was deep inside the Soviet sector, yet it was. divided . between the four Allied powers (USA, USSR, Britain and France).. 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. 2. D – Origins of the Cold War. Essential Question. How did the US and the Soviet Union become Cold War adversaries?. Learning Outcomes - Students will:. Preview – Iron Curtain?. Case Study: Berlin Blockade. 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. 3. rd. Year History. Causes of the Cold War. Political . differences. Disagreements during WW2 . The US slow to open ‘second front’. 27 m Russians died.. Atomic bomb not shared with USSR.. The Iron Curtain. Buffer zone of ‘satellite states’. Tension.. Superpowers struggle over Germany. Ch.18.1. USA & USSR struggle over Germany. As Europe began to get back on its feet, the U.S. and its allies clashed with the Soviet Union over the issue of German reunification.. 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!. L/O – To identify the causes and effects of the Berlin Blockade on relations between the superpowers. The Occupation of Germany. In 1945, Germany was invaded by Western Powers and Soviet forces. It was decided at Yalta and Potsdam to . Berlin had been divided into four occupation zones, as decided at the Potsdam Conference in 1945. The three Western powers prepared the way for a capitalist economic system and a democratic government, whereas the USSR was planning for Communism to be established in their zone. All food and supplies had to be brought into Germany through Soviet-occupied territory and so in 1948 when relationships between the US and the USSR had deteriorated, the Soviet Union decided to close all road and rail links into Berlin, in an attempt to get the Western powers, particularly the USA, out of Berlin. . 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). . 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. Standard SS6H7: . THE STUDENT WILL EXPLAIN CONFLICT AND CHANGE IN Europe to the 21. st. century.. b. Explain the origins of the Cold War and the rise of Superpowers.. c. Explain how the collapse of the Soviet Union led to the end of the Cold War and German reunification.. By end of WWII, alliance between G.B., U.S., and U.S.S.R. disintegrating. Cold war = competition for global influence between democracy/capitalism and communism. Led to: alliances (-> “iron curtain”), client states, arms race, diplomatic . Origins of the Cold War – . #8 Kennan’s Long Telegram & Containment. Developed by a young diplomat and State Department Soviet specialist, George F. Kennan. The Long . Telegram (1946) . was widely circulated within U.S. bureaucracy.