What exactly was the Berlin Blockade?

Question

Hello,
I am a little confused upon what the Berlin Blockade is,
could anyone please explain in detail for me?

Thank-you!!
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Answer 1

When the Berlin wall was erected the Soviet Bloc tried to lay seige to West Berlin to force the NATO powers to relinquish control of it. So they refused to allow road access to West Germany.

The city was completely dependent on outside supplies, and was facing starvation and capitulation. The US Airforce was called in to transport supplies to the city. The Communists tried to argue the point, but there was a treaty that stipulated that they had to allow air access to the city. So, the US flew in supplies for an entire city. This ran for some time, can't remember how long, before road access was restored and things returned to the way they had been.

It was one of the biggest "battles" of the cold war, and certainly and early victory for the West.

Answer 2

The Berlin Wall had nothing to do with the Berlin Blockade 1948/49.
Construction on the wall began on August 13, 1961, and it was dismantled in the weeks following November 9, 1989.

The Berlin Blockade (June 21, 1948 to May 11, 1949)
When the Soviets blocked railroad and street access to the West.

When World War II ended in Europe on May 8, 1945, Soviet and Western (U.S., British, and French) troops were located in particular places, essentially, along a line in the center of Europe.

The Berlin Airlift

On June 24, 1948, the Soviet Union blocked access to the three Western-held sectors of Berlin, which was deep within the Soviet zone of Germany, by cutting off all rail and road routes going through Soviet-controlled territory in Germany. The Western powers had never negotiated a pact with the Soviets guaranteeing these rights.

Hundreds of aircraft, nicknamed Rosinenbomber ("raisin bombers") by the local population, were used to fly in a wide variety of cargo, ranging from large containers to small packets of candy with tiny individual parachutes intended for the children of Berlin (an idea of a pilot named Gail Halvorsen that soon gained popular support in the U.S.). Sick children were evacuated on return flights.
The aircraft were supplied and flown by the United States, United Kingdom and France, but pilots and crew also came from Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand in order to assist the supply of Berlin.
Ultimately 278,228 flights were made and 2,326,406 tons of food and supplies, including more than 1.5 million tons of coal, were delivered to Berlin.


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