The Berlin Blackade and Airlift
*At the end of WWII Germany was divided up four ways as was Berlin
*Berlin 200Km inside the Soviet zone
*Soviets wanted allies to give up their zone
*New stronger currency brought in by the allies making the Soviets look bad
*Blocked the roadway and railway into the city for what they said was "construction" hoping the allies would give up.
*The allies fearing the domino theory decided to airlift supplies to west berlin
*Supplied 2.5 million people for 15 months during the berlin airlift
*One plane would land every 2 minutes 27/7
*The soviets finally gave up and formed two governments in the city
*Allies decided to then form NATO in response to this event
*Berlin 200Km inside the Soviet zone
*Soviets wanted allies to give up their zone
*New stronger currency brought in by the allies making the Soviets look bad
*Blocked the roadway and railway into the city for what they said was "construction" hoping the allies would give up.
*The allies fearing the domino theory decided to airlift supplies to west berlin
*Supplied 2.5 million people for 15 months during the berlin airlift
*One plane would land every 2 minutes 27/7
*The soviets finally gave up and formed two governments in the city
*Allies decided to then form NATO in response to this event
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Summary
The berlin airlift was very important for the americans because they knew that if they stopped helping out then they would turn communist which would possibly spark the domino theory that they had been dreading since the beginning of the start of this cold war.