1948
blocking west berlin
In 1961 the Soviet Union attempted to take over West Berlin.
No, they took possession of East Germany and East Berlin after WW2, The Allies possessed the West, this stand-off was a major factor of the following Cold war.
Stalin and the Soviet Union blocked access to West Berlin in 1948 as a response to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark in West Germany, which threatened the economic stability of the Soviet-controlled East Germany. By cutting off supply routes, Stalin aimed to exert control over West Berlin and pressure the Western Allies to abandon the city. This blockade ultimately led to the Berlin Airlift, where Western powers supplied West Berlin via air, demonstrating their commitment to resisting Soviet expansion.
The Berlin Blockade
blocking west berlin
I don't know but the Soviet Union made Germany communist after WWII. The U.S and the Soviet Union split Berlin in half. East Berlin was communist West Berlin was noncommunist. Soviet Union got sick of U.S coming in their land to get to West Berlin. That created the Berlin Airlift. We hade to take a plane to deliver supplies. Why we hade to deliver you say? Soviet Union started to starve our half of Berlin.
In 1961 the Soviet Union attempted to take over West Berlin.
Why was West Berlin described as a "bone in the throat" of the Soviet Union
No, they took possession of East Germany and East Berlin after WW2, The Allies possessed the West, this stand-off was a major factor of the following Cold war.
The Berlin Blockade
After World War 2, Berlin was divided into west and east Berlin. East Berlin was run by the Soviet Union, and West Germany was split between the U.S., the U.K., and France. The city was reunified after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.
West Berlin was democratic, controlled by West Germany. East Berlin was Communist, controlled by the Soviets and East Germany. Just to be confusing..... East Germany was called the GDR, the German Democratic Republic. It was that in name, it was not that in actual fact !
West Berlin was in the middle of East Germany, and was surrounded on all sides by it. That's what the famous Berlin Airlift was about- the Soviets disallowed the Western Allies from going into Berlin by land, so the Allies had to use airplane to send supplies into West Berlin.
Stalin started the Berlin Blockade in 1948 as a first step in a plan to pull West Germany into the Soviet sphere of influence. He expected West Berlin to eventually begin accepting supplies from Soviet East Germany, effectively bringing all of Berlin under Soviet control. He believed that if he could control Berlin, West Germany would soon follow.
They built the Berlin Wall in 1961.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman ordered supplies to be airlifted into West Berlin. This was done to prevent West Berlin from being overtaken by the Soviet Union.