The Western powers airlifted food, fuel, and other necessary supplies into the city until the Soviets lifted the blockade.
The Berlin Airlift
Happened during 1948 when the Russians blocked access to Berlin.
No, the berlin blockade happened before NATO. This pact was a response to the berlin blockade - it stated that all countries should come together for a mutal defence against acts of aggression - in this case they were indicating it about Russia.
what was western allies response to the berlin blockade
The Taft Hartley Act was passed in 1947. The Berlin Blockade happened in 1948.
The Berlin Blockade (defeated by air transport planes from West Germany) was in 1948. The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 and lasted until 1989. The Berlin Blockade was first, before the construction of the Berlin Wall.
To isolate East Berlin from West Berlin
Hitler was the king of Berlin.
Berlin Blockade
The population of West Berlin at the time of the blockade and airlift (1948-49) was about 2 million.
No. The Soviets instituted the Berlin blockade, so the allies initiated the Berlin airlift to get supplies to civilians inside the blockaded city.
The Soviet Union did not blockade its own zone, so the blockade applied only to the three Western sectors of Berlin: it did not 'extend out'.