PPT-Examining the Berlin Wall and the Berlin Airlift

Conflict in Berlin Enter Welcome to West Berlin Welcome to West Berlin While you are here be sure to check out the history of PostWWII Berlin and explore the many images of the city CAUTION DO NOT TRY TO CROSS OVER THE WALL TO EAST BERLIN. &. Iron Curtain. By. Blake Wilson. The Iron Curtain:. During World War II and after, the “Iron Curtain” was being started. The USSR was starting to establish lines of influence and control by taking the countries that were once invaded and controlled by the Germans.. 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. Nicolas Perry, Gretchen West. Berlin Airlift. Germany and Berlin was divided into 4 districts. Each controlled by one of the Allies.. The Soviets controlled the Eastern part of the divisions and the U.K, U.S, and France controlled the Western parts. . 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 airlift,. 1948–49, supply of vital necessities to West Berlin by air transport primarily under U.S. control. It was initiated in response to a land and water blockade of the city that had been instituted by the Soviet Union in the hope that the Allies would be forced to abandon West Berlin. . Another Cold War Crisis. East – West rivalry. Berlin divided – contrast the two halves:. WEST: Prosperous, helped by US, attracted people from the East. Seen by USSR as infection in the heart of Communist East Germany.. By Anthony Watson. What is the berlin wall. The Berlin . Wall . was a . wall . that divided Berlin from 1961 to . 1989, made . by the German Democratic Republic . (GDR. , East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut . How Well Do You Know Berlin?. 1. When did Berlin first become the capital of Germany?. 1715. 1871. 1933. 1991. Answer: B . Berlin first became the capital of Germany in 1871.. 2. Where in Berlin is the official residence of the President of Germany?. 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. . ,. Cuban Missile Crisis, Czechoslovakia 1968. . Revision for HSC 2014. The Berlin Wall (1961) – Nature. Germany and Berlin were divided into four zones at Potsdam Conference in 1945. US, French and British zones became capitalist, democratic, allowing citizens freedom of speech and other rights. While the Soviet zone became communist dictatorship where government controlled all economic activity and censored the media.. 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. 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 -- entirely from the air. . World . War II victors – the United States, Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union – divided Germany . into . four zones, each controlled by one of the four countries. . Berlin . also . was divided .