The berlin Blockade
- Began with currency reforms in West Germany
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The Berlin Airlift
- Instead the US decided on a massive airlift to suppl the western half of the city
- One aircraft lands every two minutes for fifteen months
- it became a public relations victory and a show of US industrial might
- example of the Truman Doctrine
- One cause for the formation of the North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO)
Summary
West Germany blocks road to do 'construction' to attempt to get the Allies to hand over west Germany. Due to the closing of the road for 'construction', US helped send in planes for 15 months to supply west Germany.