Berlin Blockade and Airlift

1. Why did Stalin put a blockade in place over West Berlin? What was the most important cause of the blockade?

2. Describe the strategy of the airlift and explain why you think it was ultimately successful

3. How important do you think the West's counter-blockade of East Berlin was?

4. Was the Berlin Blockade and Airlift

a/ The start of the Cold War or

b/ The first crisis of the Cold War?

Explain the reasons for your answer

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