1948 ⟶ Berlin Blockade Initiated by Stalin; Berlin Airlift Begins
Stalin orders the Berlin Blockade, closing all land routes f...
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1948
1949
1958
✈️ Berlin Blockade Initiated by Stalin; Berlin Airlift Begins
Stalin orders the Berlin Blockade, closing all land routes from West Germany to Berlin, in an attempt to starve out the French, British, and American forces from the city. In response, the three Western powers launch the Berlin Airlift to supply the citizens of Berlin by air.⟶
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🧱 Berlin Crisis Intensifies
The Berlin Crisis intensifies, according to General Lucius D. Clay⟶
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✈️ Stalin attempts to starve West Berlin with a blockade. The Berlin Airlift begins.
Stalin attempts to starve West Berlin with a blockade. The Berlin Airlift begins.⟶
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🇫🇷 French Zone of Occupation Established in Germany and Berlin
French zone of occupation created in Germany and Berlin.⟶
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🕊️ Berlin Blockade Ends
The Soviet blockade of Berlin ends with the re-opening of access routes to Berlin. The airlift continues until September, in case the Soviets re-establish the blockade. Brune argues, "Moscow realized the blockade had not been successful – it had drawn the Western powers closer together rather than dividing them. Finally, Western countermeasures had inflicted considerable damage on the economic life of East Germany and the other Soviet satellites."⟶
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🧱 Berlin Crisis Escalates
Start of the 1958–1959 Berlin crisis, Nikita Khrushchev asks the West to leave Berlin.⟶
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