The Berlin blockade took place during the Cold War. It split the city of Berlin into two separate cities. One was under soviet rule and the other was not. The politicians involved in this were Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin.
what was western allies response to the berlin blockade
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.
The population of West Berlin at the time of the blockade and airlift (1948-49) was about 2 million.
To isolate East Berlin from West Berlin
Hitler was the king of Berlin.
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Airlift
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'.
To isolate East Berlin from West Berlin
The Berlin Blockade was supposed to cause the allies to give up western Berlin to the Soviet forces, but instead the allies constantly airlifted supplies past the blockade until it was lifted.
Did the Berlin blockade force the western powers to leave the city