Potsdam of the federal state of Brandenburg in Germany. It was known as the Potsdam conference.
Potsdam, Germany
President Truman did this to prevent Stalin from taking over the city. Stalin blocked supplies to Berlin to force the US and British to abandon it.
Yalta
The Ukraine They went to the Ukraine for the Yalta Conference.
Yalta . In Feb 4-11,1945 Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Spencer Churchill and Josef Stalin met to discuss what shoud happen when World War II finished.
He was aboard the Augusta on their way to Potsdam, Germany.
Yalta . In Feb 4-11,1945 Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Spencer Churchill and Josef Stalin met to discuss what shoud happen when World War II finished. Yalta Yalta
Stalin tried to force the Allies out of Berlin, Germany by cutting it off from contact with the west. The Berlin Airlift project enabled the Allies to supply their portions of the city and remain there despite Stalin's efforts to the contrary.
A continuous airlift of goods from Western Germany to Berlin.
Berlin was the site of an air-lift that alleviated the Soviet Blockade in 1948-1949.
Henry Stern Churchill has written: 'The city is the people' -- subject(s): City planning, History
West Berlin was isolated within soviet controlled germany. the berlin airlift stopped the city from staving to death when the soviets cut off the only road from west germany to west berlin.
Russia suffered greatly at the hands of the Germans. There was a great amount of hatred and contempt for Germany, and at the end of WW2, after Germany had been defeated, the Allies decided to split Germany to keep them from building enough strength to do it again.