The Berlin Airlift

• Stalin blocked all routes by land and rail to West Berlin to try and make the Allies give up all control of Berlin
• No food or resources could get through the blockade
• The West supplied resources through airlifts for 11 months
• Soviets couldn't shut down the airlift without starting a war
• West Berlin still suffered from shortages and rationing was introduced
• Eventually, the routes to Berlin were opened again when the USSR realised their plan wasn't working