The Berlin Blockade - The first conflict of the Cold War?

What caused the Berlin Blockade?

1. In January 1947 the USA and Great Britain joined their zones together to form Bizonia (two zones).

2. In 1948 Marshall Aid was introduced. The USSR was concerned that it would reach Soviet Satellite states via Berlin.

3. USA and GB introduced a new currency into West Germany and West Berlin. People in

east Germany wanted to swap their money for the new West German currency because they thought it was worth more.

The USA argued that Stalin was trying to get rid of the Americans from Berlin. they also claimed that Russia was trying to empire-build in Eastern Europe.

Stalin claimed the new currency had been introduced to wreck the east German economy. Stalin said the airlift was 'simply a propaganda move intended to make the cold war worse.'

C - Czechoslovak

ia Coup

A - Aims

B - Bizonia

A - America Aid

N - New Currency

What were the consequences of the Berlin Blockade?

C - Cold War got worse

E - East and West German states created

N - NATO and Warsaw Pact

A - Arms Race