Berlin Blockade of 1948
Definition
The Berlin Blockade was a Soviet attempt to starve out the allies in Berlin in order to gain supremacy. The blockade was a high point in the Cold War, and it led to the Berlin Airlift.
Related terms
Cold War: A period of geopolitical tension between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).
Berlin Airlift: An operation where western countries delivered food, fuel, and other goods by air transport after land routes were blocked by the Soviet Union during the Berlin Blockade.
Eastern Bloc: Refers to the group of socialist states under Soviet influence during the Cold War.
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AP European History - 9.3 The Cold War
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