1948 ⟶ Stalin attempts to starve West Berlin with a blockade. The Berlin Airlift begins.
Stalin attempts to starve West Berlin with a blockade. The B...
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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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🧱 Berlin Crisis Intensifies
The Berlin Crisis intensifies, according to General Lucius D. Clay⟶
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✈️ 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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🇫🇷 French Zone of Occupation Established in Germany and Berlin
French zone of occupation created in Germany and Berlin.⟶
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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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🧱 Berlin Wall Construction Begins
The Berlin Wall is built by the Soviets following the breakdown in talks to decide the future of Germany.⟶
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