PPT-Cold War Stations Station A: Berlin Airlift

The Berlin airlift marked the first major confrontation in the Cold War For 11 months beginning in June 1948 the Western allies took part in an unprecedented attempt to keep a city alive entirely from the air . PAUL STATION PEARLARTS DISTRICT STATION CITYPLACE UPTOWN STATION MOCKINGBIRD STATION WHITE ROCK STATION LAKE HIGHLANDS STATION LBJSKILLMAN STATION FORESTJUPITER STATION DOWNTOWN GARLAND STATION DOWNTOWN ROWLETT STATION 327A 329A 332A 335A 337A Lesson 5.2. Knight’s Charge. Write 4 complex sentences using the words “because” (for 2) and “when” (for 2). Write them about WWII and the Cold War.. Examples:. BECAUSE. the USSR and the US had different political and economic systems, there was a lot of tension between the two countries during the Cold War.. L/O – To identify the causes and effects of the Berlin Blockade 1948-49. Problems with Berlin. Berlin was deep inside the Soviet sector, yet it was. divided . between the four Allied powers (USA, USSR, Britain and France).. Nicolas Perry, Gretchen West. Berlin Airlift. Germany and Berlin was divided into 4 districts. Each controlled by one of the Allies.. The Soviets controlled the Eastern part of the divisions and the U.K, U.S, and France controlled the Western parts. . Berlin Airlift. Timeline:. . 24 June 1948 to 12 May 1949, Post World-War II. Location:. . Germany. Existing state: . Post-war division of Germany into four zones by countries like Soviet Russia, Britain, USA and France. Berlin inside Soviet occupied East Germany, city divided into 4 zones (U.S., France, Britain, Soviet Union). 1946 Berlin municipal elections: communists win 1 of 20 seats. United States to aid West Germany and West Berlin through Marshall Plan. IN THE 1960s, THE 1970s, . AND THE 1980s. Essential Questions. :. What were the important . Cold War events . of the 1960s and 1970s?. . How did the . Cold War end . in the 1980s?. Joseph Stalin . led the Soviet Union from 1927 to 1953. Superpowers struggle over Germany. Ch.18.1. USA & USSR struggle over Germany. As Europe began to get back on its feet, the U.S. and its allies clashed with the Soviet Union over the issue of German reunification.. Conflict in Berlin. Enter. Welcome to West Berlin. Welcome to West Berlin. While you are here be sure to check out the history of Post-WWII Berlin and explore the many images of the city. . CAUTION: DO NOT TRY TO CROSS OVER THE WALL TO EAST BERLIN!. Trace the reasons that the wartime alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union unraveled. . Explain how President Truman responded to Soviet domination of Eastern Europe. . Describe the causes and results of Stalin’s blockade of Berlin. . Civil War in Greece. A conflict in Greece where a communist party was trying to overthrow the government. Great Britain had been supporting the government but said they could no longer afford it. That is when America adopted the Truman Doctrine and started supporting Greece from the Communists. . Although Germany and Berlin (the capital) had been divided between the U.S., Soviet Union, Britain and France after WWII, the divisions were not on complete opposite sides. . West Berlin (controlled by the US, Britain and France) was situated within East Germany (controlled by the Soviet Union). . By end of WWII, alliance between G.B., U.S., and U.S.S.R. disintegrating. Cold war = competition for global influence between democracy/capitalism and communism. Led to: alliances (-> “iron curtain”), client states, arms race, diplomatic . a. Explain the origin and meaning of the term “Iron Curtain.” . b. Explain how the United States sought to stop the spread of communism through the Berlin airlift, the Korean War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. .