Consequences of Bizonia

Question 1

1st consequence

Answer 1

The first effect of the creation of Bizonia was that Stalin set up the ‘Berlin Blockade’ to protect Soviet interests in Germany and show a divided Germany would not work, given that he wanted Germany to be one country following communist ideology

• All roads, canals, and railways that led from the West into Western Berlin were closed and so 2 million people in West Berlin were cut off and left to starve as long as the winds out of Berlin remained blocked
• Western allies began Operation Vittles, the Berlin Airlift to fly in food, coal, and essential supplies into the city along air corridors
• The Soviets gave in nearly a year later, lifting the blockade.
• Stalin seemed foolish and aggressive compared to the peaceful response of the West

Question 2

2nd consequence

Answer 2

The second effect was that it created a divided Germany, increasing tensions between the East and West

• 3 days after the blockade the Western zones came together as a state known as the Federal Republic of Germany
• the new leader of the government, Adenauer, hated communism and believed very strongly in linking West Germany to the USA and Western Europe
• Stalin responded by creating the German Democratic Republic which only the communist bloc countries recognised as a nation