THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER AND THE COLD WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Stalin’s request for aid for war torn Germany.
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the communist revolution in Germany.
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the Marshall Plan.
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the Soviets blocking U.S. supplies by road or train.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In June 1948, Stalin instituted the Berlin Blockade, one of the first major crises of the Cold War, preventing food, materials, and supplies from arriving in West Berlin . The United States and several other countries responded with the massive “Berlin airlift, ” supplying West Berlin with food and other provisions.
Detailed explanation-2: -On 26 June 1948, Western allies started a massive airlift to counter the Berlin blockade imposed by the Soviet regime.
Detailed explanation-3: -In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city. For nearly a year, supplies from American planes sustained the over 2 million people in West Berlin.
Detailed explanation-4: -In June 1948 the Soviet Union, whose territory fully surrounded the capital, cut off all ground traffic into and out of West Berlin in an attempt to force the Allies to abandon the city.
Detailed explanation-5: -On 12 May 1949, the USSR lifted the blockade of West Berlin, due to economic issues in East Berlin, although for a time the Americans and British continued to supply the city by air as they were worried that the Soviets would resume the blockade and were only trying to disrupt western supply lines.