berlin crisis Flashcards
(39 cards)
what was a cause of the crisis
because at the conferences germany was split into 2
what was a long term cause to do with communist control
communist groups took control of east berlin
lt c:what did western powers stop the communist groups from doing
taking control of the berlin city council
lt c:what did stalin refuse to do and why
trade with the other regions because the west wanted a speedy recovery
lt c:what was stalin worried about
that ppl in berlin wanted to leave to be capitalist
st c: what was the region that the western powers merged together called
trizonia
st c:what did trizonia introduce to annoy stalin
a new currency
what was the new currency called in trizonia
deutschmark
how did stalin respnd
by creating his own currency
what was the eastern currency called
ostmark
what did trizonia become known as
west germany
why was stalin upset about west germany
he felt it went against the agreements made at potsdam
what did stalin suspect about the usa
that the usa wanted to divide rich west germany from poor east germany
when was west germany officially formed
sept 1949
how many zones did the sv have in its zone
1.5M
how many troops did the west have in their zones
very few due to sending them home
who grew the food wg ate
eg
what did the sv carry out in june 1948
the sv closed all road, rail and canal links into west berlin
why did sv close roads and rail links
to force western troops to leave their zone in the city
what else did the sv block
all supplies
why were all supplies blocked into berlin
to show it had the power to stop a divided germany working
how did the blockade look at first for the west
the western powers would have to pull out of berlin - undermining their image
how did western powers respond to the blockade
by an airlift
how long did the airlift last
between 26 june 1948 and 30 september 1949
