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Because Berlin is 110 miles inside East Germany at the time,and the USSR controlled the road and rail acess to get to Berlin. It was believed that it was impossible to supply all the food,coal,gasoline,etc.by air.
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∙ 8y agoWell, after ww2 ended the victorious countries reunited at Yalta to decide what to do with Germany. It was decided that Germany should be divided in four, one part to the US, one part for England, one part for France and one part for the Soviet Union. Unfortunately Berlin stood in the middle of the territory conceded to the soviets, so they decided to also split Berlin at four, France, England and the USA united their part forming west Berlin while the soviet part was east Berlin.
This means that to get to their part of the city the allies had to cross right thought soviet territory, Stalin saw this as an opportunity to take the whole of Berlin, and so he blocked the access routes of the allies, he thought that is the west Berliners lacked food and electricity they would surrender to the soviets, instead the allies took the provisions by air, in what is called as the berlin airlift this lasted around a year after which staling took the blockade out.
To remove the Allies from Berlin. -APEX
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∙ 14y agoThe Soviets cut off access to West Berlin to basically starve the city of supplies. What made this easy for them to do was that Berlin was controlled by the communists who had power over Western Germany making it very difficult to send them supplies.
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∙ 11y ago. There were several reasons which triggered the blockade imposed by Stalin to prevent supplies (by land) from the capitalist side to their side of Berlin. To start with, Berlin symbolized the whole rivalry between capitalism and communism, Stalin didn't want his communist population to see how capitalism was doing since he was afraid they would want it, there was a clear difference in their standards of living, partially because the west countries were making sure that western Berlin was completely supplied and was a big city. Moreover, this city was supplied with money given from the Marshall plan; Stalin despised this plan and forbade any of the eastern countries to accept it. Stalin was also scared that the Allies were rebuilding the German state. Stalin's intentions were that they would give up their side of Berlin, not only expelling the westerns, but obtaining the other side of Berlin
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∙ 12y agoJosef Stalin (sov. leader at the time) wanted the U.S. out of west Berlin because after WWII ended, Germany was split into West and East Germany, and so was Berlin. But it happened that Berlin was in East Germany. Stalin wanted the U.S. out so he blockaded the area and cut off the power. In retaliation the U.S. flew supplies into West Berlin until Stalin gave up - narrowly avoiding war.
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∙ 12y agoto keep West Germany and the allies out of Berlin and to avoid immigrants from leaving from east Germany to west Germany
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∙ 13y agoThey cut off the highways with the military
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How did the us help with the soviet union blockade Berlin?
The two western powers flew supplies over the blockade into West Berlin. This act is commonly called the BERLIN AIRLIFT. The Soviet Union revered policy after a year when the Soviets ended the blockade and pemited land-transport of goods to West Berlin.
How long did the Soviet blockade of East Germany last?
The Soviet blockade of West Berlin, known as the Berlin Blockade lasted from 24 June 1948 - 12 May 1949.
What led to the Soviets blockade West Berlin?
a reunification of the three western zones of occupation
Who was the soviet leader responsible for Berlin blockade?
Brezhnev
The Berlin airlift was president trumanns response to what?
The Berlin Airlift was in reaction to the Berlin Blockade. The United States and allies delivered supplies to West Berlin.
How did the US and Soviet Union respond to Stalin's blockade of West Berlin?
How the Soviet's react to the blockade
Who was in power of the USSR during the Berlin blockade?
Stalin. He was in power from the 1930s to the early 1950s. The Berlin Blockade occured in 1948.
How far out did the Berlin Blockade extend?
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'.
How did the us help with the soviet union blockade Berlin?
The two western powers flew supplies over the blockade into West Berlin. This act is commonly called the BERLIN AIRLIFT. The Soviet Union revered policy after a year when the Soviets ended the blockade and pemited land-transport of goods to West Berlin.
Why did the Soviet Union lift its blockade of West Berlin in May 1949?
To avoid armed conflict with the West.
How long did the Soviet blockade of East Germany last?
The Soviet blockade of West Berlin, known as the Berlin Blockade lasted from 24 June 1948 - 12 May 1949.
What led to the Soviets blockade West Berlin?
a reunification of the three western zones of occupation
Who was the soviet leader responsible for Berlin blockade?
Brezhnev
What was organised to break the soviet blockade of west Berlin?
The Berlin Air Lift, with which the Western Powers succeeded in supplying the city, thus going over the Soviet blockade.
Why did the the Soviets blockade the West Berlin?
The Soviet wanted to supply Berlin with food and fuel to gain complete control over Berlin. The Soviet Union could have used this control to scare the Western Allies into doing their bidding.
What country placed a blockage on Berlin?
The country that placed a blockage on Berlin was the Soviet Union. The move was called the Berlin Blockade and it was put in place June 24, 1948. It ended on May 12, 1949.
What was the Berlin air-lift?
The relief provided by air by America, Britain and France to West Berlin when it was blockaded by Stalin's Soviet Union in 1948-49. It lasted for about 11 months until the Soviet Union abandoned the blockade.
