berlin blockade/airlift, hungarian uprising

Question 1

Berlin

Answer 1

allies divided berlin into 4 zones
western allies access their sectors through rail, canal and air
Stalin didnt want allies in Berlin
US and Britains zones merged to form Bizonia

Question 2

The Berlin Blockade

Answer 2

Allies continued to push for economic recovery in Germany
Allies announced plans to form Germany its own currency (the deutschmark)
Stalin accused the west of interfering with the soviet zone so cut off all road, rail and canal traffic in an attempt to starve west berlin and force the allies to abandon their plans

Question 3

The berlin airlift

Answer 3

Truman wanted to show his commitment to containment
Allies planned to airlift supplies from their bases in western germany to west berlin
the biggest airlift in history began ( for 10 months )
Stalin lifted the blockade
victory for truman, humiliation for Stalin (increased rivalry)

Question 4

The hungarian uprising

Answer 4

people of hungary started protesting about lack of political freedoms and their problems
riots in budapest (smashed up statue of stalin)
soviet troops restored order
khrischev replaces rakosi for nagy
new hungarian government intoduced democracy, freedom of speech/religion
Nagy announced hungary was going to leave the warsaw pact
Kruschev got his soviet troops to destroy hungarian army and execute nagy, making hungary have a new prime minister (a supporter of russia)