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First Berlin Crisis - Coggle Diagram
First Berlin Crisis
Key Events
decided to use planes to airlift the food into west berlin
Aim was to get 4000 tonnes of food and fuel per day
Attempt to force the west out of Berlin
December 31 1948 6000 tonnes were delivered
Soviets blocked off all routes into west berlin so no food could get in
2.3 million tonnes delivered in total
Known as Operation Vittles
Key names/ dates/ places
Trizonia
1948-1949
Soviet Zone
Berlin
Airlift
Blockade
Causes
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Aid
Tensions between east + west
Currency reforms
Disagreements at Potsdam
Consequences
NATO
Increased tensions
Division of west + east berlin