WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Intimidate Soviet leaders by demonstrating a superior military power. As a result of the Berlin Airlift, the United States was able to Bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict.

Detailed explanation-2: -He and the remaining Allies began the Berlin Airlift, an operation that carried food, fuel and other supplies into West Berlin by plane. The effort required a lot of careful planning and many resources, but the Airlift allowed the United States to keep a foothold in post-war Germany.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Berlin Airlift, 1948 Within a year, Stalin lifted the Soviet blockade. This showed that the allies would not back down. The Berlin Airlift was able to bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict (due to flying over and not going by foot).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Berlin Blockade served to highlight the competing ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. It played a major role in aligning West Berlin with the United States and Britain as the major protecting powers, and in drawing West Germany into the NATO orbit several years later in 1955.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.