COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Question
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U.S. and Allied airplanes delivered supplies to West Berlin for almost a year, but the Soviet Union NEVER gave up. All of Berlin is now under Communist rule.
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U.S. and Allied airplanes delivered supplies to West Berlin for almost a year, and the Soviet Union finally gave up and lifted the blockade.
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U.S. and Allied troops crossed the border into West Berlin and defeated the Soviets.
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U.S. and Allied troops crossed the border into West Berlin and were defeated by the Soviets.
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the height of the campaign, one plane landed every 45 seconds at Tempelhof Airport. By spring 1949, the Berlin Airlift proved successful. The Western Allies showed that they could sustain the operation indefinitely.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Berlin Airlift was a tremendous Cold War victory for the United States. Without firing a shot, the Americans foiled the Soviet plan to hold West Berlin hostage, while simultaneously demonstrating to the world the “Yankee ingenuity” for which their nation was famous.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was quickly settled: The Allies would supply their sectors of Berlin from the air. Allied cargo planes would use open air corridors over the Soviet occupation zone to deliver food, fuel and other goods to the people who lived in the western part of the city.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Joseph Stalin, the Soviet leader, imposed the Berlin Blockade from 24 June 1948 to 12 May 1949, cutting off all land and river transit between West Berlin and West Germany. The Western Allies responded with a massive airlift to come to West Berlin’s aid.