The Berlin Blockade/Airlift 1948
The Berlin Blockade 1948:
Began with currency reforms in West Germany
Russians block the transportation routes into Berlin
Allies had to decide to give up Berlin or make other plans
War was an option
The Berlin Airlift 1948:
Instead the US decided on a massive airlift to supply the western half of the city
One aircraft lands every two minutes for fifteen months
It became a public relations victory and a show of US industrial might
Example of the Truman Doctrine
One cause for the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organziation (NATO)
Began with currency reforms in West Germany
Russians block the transportation routes into Berlin
Allies had to decide to give up Berlin or make other plans
War was an option
The Berlin Airlift 1948:
Instead the US decided on a massive airlift to supply the western half of the city
One aircraft lands every two minutes for fifteen months
It became a public relations victory and a show of US industrial might
Example of the Truman Doctrine
One cause for the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organziation (NATO)