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Title: Berlin Blockade and Airlift


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Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Background to the crisis
  • Read page 50
  • Why was Berlin a potential source of tension for
    the USA and USSR ?
  • Explain how this tension developed in to a full
    scale crisis in 1948 ?

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Question 1 response
  • Berlin was a potential source of tension
    between the USA and USSR because of its location
    in the Soviet (Russian) zone of Germany. Stalin
    felt uneasy with giving the USA, Britain and
    France access across their zone to reach West
    Berlin. He would have preferred if the USSR
    controlled all of Berlin.

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Question 2 response
  • The tension over Berlin developed into a
    full-scale crisis in 1948 when the USSR closed
    off all land routes to West Berlin. This blockade
    was in response to the USAs efforts in
    rebuilding western Germany (through the Marshall
    Plan) and the introduction of a new currency.
    Such decisions were supposed to be agreed by all
    four allies so Stalin felt threatened by the
    USAs action. He was determined to force the USA
    to withdraw from Berlin.

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Which of these two photos of the Berlin airlift
might have been used for American propaganda ?
Explain why.
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The Berlin Airlift
  • Read the notes on page 51
  • 1. On a scale of 1-10 explain how successful the
    airlift was.
  • 2. How could the airlift have caused World War
    Three ?

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Question 3 response
  • The airlift must be considered a great success.
    At its height the USA and the UK were able to
    transport by air twice the daily requirements of
    food and coal to the people of Berlin. Nothing on
    this scale had ever been achieved before. The
    airlift should score 10/10 for success.

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Question 4 response
  • The airlift could have resulted in World War
    Three if Stalin had decided to close off the air
    routes as well and shoot down US and British
    transport planes. This would have forced the USA
    to retaliate. The USA had nuclear bombers
    stationed in England at this time ready to strike
    at the USSR.

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Label and explain the key points of this cartoon.
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Whose move ? A game of chess
Stalin
Stalin is blocking Trumans access to Berlin
Berlin chess game
Truman
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British and American cargo planes easy targets
Vital supplies for West Berlin.
Stalin
Ready to shoot
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