Berlin Blockade

• Berlin Blockade


  Stalin blocks all road, rail and canal roots into West Berlin
• After the War


  Germany was divided as agreed at Yalta
• After the War


  Berlin was inside the Soviet Zone
• After the War


  Berlin was also sub-divided
• Stalin


  Terrified of a strong Germany
• 1945-1948

  USSR transported 10% of East German industry to the USSR
• As Stalin was making East Germany weaker


  America gave West Germany $1.5 billion to become strong again (Marshal Aid)
• December 1947


  Britain, France and the USA met in London without inviting the USSR
• June 1 1948


  Britain, France and the USA announce they were going to merge (join together) their zones (this will make West Germany stronger)
• June 23 1948


  Britain, France and the USA launch a new currency to help Western Germany become strong, without informing Stalin
• With US support


  West Germany & West Berlin start to recover
• The next day


  Stalin blocks all road, rail and canal roots into West Berlin
• West Berlin Blockaded


  West Berliners would run out of food and fuel in days
• Stalin hopes


  France, Britain and the USA will leave West Berlin, leaving him in control of the city
• West Berlin's only airport is called Templehoff, it is small
• The airlift


  1. A plane landed every 90 seconds

  2. The planes brought fuel, clothes and food

  3. The airlift lasted for 11 months

  4. Stalin stopped the blockade in May 1949, it had failed