The Berlin Blockade. Germany’s Punishment  Pay $23 billion  Many leaders were imprisoned or executed  Air force was removed  Army and Navy reduced.

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The Berlin Blockade

Germany’s Punishment  Pay $23 billion  Many leaders were imprisoned or executed  Air force was removed  Army and Navy reduced  Germany’s would be controlled by the Allies

Dividing up Germany  Divided into 4 occupation zones  France, UK, US, and USSR each getting a zone  Berlin, the capital, also divided into 4 zones  Even though it was well within USSR’s zone  Allied countries were to help rebuild their zone and eventually allow elections to set up Germany’s new government.

Berlin Blockade  Soviet refuses to let their zone have elections  France, UK, and US unite their zones into one zone  Creates East and West Germany  East and West Berlin  West Germany creates new currency  Angers USSR  USSR also didn’t like the idea of a capitalist and democratic city (West Berlin) being in their zone  USSR cuts off railroad access to Berlin  USSR hopes Western Allies will give up Berlin

Berlin Airlift  Unable to reach Berlin by land, Western Allies send supplies to Berlin by air.  Over 200,000 flights in one year  8,000 tons of supplies per day  USSR removes the blockade  Failed to stop supplies from getting to West Berlin

Two Berlins  USSR gives up hope on uniting West Berlin under their control  Life in East Berlin was very poor  Little food, economy was poor  People flee to West Berlin/Germany  2.2 million people leave  How does this make USSR look??

Berlin Wall  USSR builds a wall to separate West Berlin from Soviet Berlin  Wanted to prevent people from leaving to go to West Germany  Families were separated  People caught trying to escape were shot

Impact  More tension between U.S. and Soviet Union  Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)  Alliance between U.S. and democratic countries of Europe  Warsaw Pact  Alliance  Damaged the global image of Soviet Union  How?