Berlin Blockade

better than capitalism and that they would win this war. America had a strategy to stop it. In order to stop the spread of communism America had to, keep West Berlin, South Korea and Cuba from becoming communist. In 1948, West Berlin was surrounded by communist territory. Stalin made a blockade to stop any shipments from coming through to West Berlin. He hoped this would cause them…

The Cold War Many may ask what is the Cold War or when it happened? Well this famous Cold War happened because of a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. It is know to have lasted for forty-six years. It all started in 1945 and stopped in 1991 when the Soviet Union broke off. None of these nations confronted each other when it was time for the battlefield. The Cold War dominated global affairs and the United States foreign policy. During the war Britain was supporting both…

RUSSIAN DICTATOR SETS UP BLOCKADE Tensions over border issues have only increased after WW2. And just a few days ago, on June 24, 1948, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin set up a blockade right on the center of Berlin, cutting off the escape route for the people fleeing towards the area controlled by the U.S. As a leader, Stalin is a very selfish man. He wanted to expand his empire, and he will stop at nothing to accomplish it. He knew his former allies wouldn’t want to start a another war, and…

Communism should not be allowed to spread. Three instances of containment from the documents are when West Berlin was a pro-American island in the “Soviet Sea” when it was a capitalized area which supports the US and its policies, when the Americans decided to aid West Berliners, and the quarantine area that the US made. The Cold War lessons in containment have demonstrated by the US, West Berlin, and South Korea; when evaluating these lessons, it is clear that documents B, C, and, D provide…

given control of a quadrant of the defeated Germany. In their quadrant, the United States’ military government instituted policies of denazification and democratization. They reformed the currency and initiated an airlift to sustain the people of Berlin while maintaining a hardline against the Soviets. They established libraries, the Congress for Cultural Freedom, and Amerika Häuser to help bring an understanding of American culture to Germany. They started the permeation of American ideas into…

There were three good examples of containment which help explain what it was. These were the Berlin Airlift, the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. One good example of containment was how west Berlin was surrounded by the Soviet Blockade. “Joseph Stalin and Soviet Union decided to blockade any shipments into west Berlin (Doc B)” that could make it easier for them to attack Berlin. "West Berlin was…

to help European countries. (Document B, Map #4) America with the intentions to support West Berlin by flying in supplies for 2 million people for nearly a year. (Document B, Map #5 and #2) The Soviet Union was against capitalism so in order to stop America from aiding European countries the Soviet put up blockades all around West Berlin on June 27, 1948, but soon after the Soviet Union removed the blockades on May 12, 1949. Other ways the United States used containment was the Truman Doctrine.…

the conflict ended, Germany was divided up between France, Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Berlin, Germany became a source of tension during this time when it was split into East and West Berlin. To stop the American’s from supporting West Berlin the Soviets put up the Berlin Blockade, this became one of the first international crisis of the Cold War. The blockade cut off all railways and hindered the…

Great Britain took the Western half; they were considered the victors of World War II. Berlin being in the center of the Soviet Union’s territory was also split. Instead of two sides, it was split in to four sections. One side was for each victor to oversee and rebuild, since it was basically destroyed during the war. Because of this, the four countries started the Allied Control Council that was established in Berlin. The council met to determine several plans for post-War Europe, including how…

and Berlin but not in Cuba. By trying espionage cases to identify Communist spies, and passing Loyalty review Boards to investigate employees in order to find out if they were Communist, the U.S. contained communism. The first way that the U.S tried to contain communism was by stopping invasion into South Korea and Berlin but not into Cuba since Cuba had become a communist economy under Fidel Castro. Due to the politics and power the U.S had they were able to help South Korea and Berlin…