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Harry Truman approved an airlift to this blockaded city in 1948?
Berlin was the site of an air-lift that alleviated the Soviet Blockade in 1948-1949.
What city in Germany was blockaded by the Soviets?
Berlin
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.
What was in called when the british and Americans flew supplies to a city that was blockaded by the Soviets in 1948 and 1949?
The Berlin Blockade is known as the period of time from June 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949 when the British and Americans flew supplies to the city of Berlin, which was blockaded by the Soviets. The actions carried out during this time are known as the Berlin Airlift.
What is an airlift?
It's when people use airplanes to carry people or supplies somewhere. In the context of Germany and the Cold War, it was when, in 1948-1949, the Soviets blockaded West Berlin in an attempt to starve the people into surrendering and joining them. The USA, UK and some Commonwealth countries conducted the "Berlin Airlift", where they used airplanes to bring supplies to West Berlin- thereby thwarting the Soviet effort.
German city part of which was threatened by a soviet blockade in 1948?
Berlin
What year did the soviet union cut off Berlin from West Germany?
1948
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.
Explain why the soviet union blockade Berlin in 1948?
{| |- | It was actually fairly simple. Berlin was deep into East Germany. Its only connection to West Germany was through a railroad corridor. By cutting the rail line, the Soviets prevented any ground transportation from reaching the city. The only method of getting goods there was through aircraft. |}
The Berlin airlift was conducted in 1948 and 1949 in response to?
Soviet action barring road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West
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.
The purpose of the soviet blockade of 1948-1949 was to?
starve West Berlin into submitting to Communist rule
