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Cold War - Coggle Diagram
Cold War
Berlin Blockade
Airlift operation
Context
Germany in pieces after WW1
Families were broken up by the divide in east and west berlin
USSR attempt at colonising the west side of berlin
Block the trainway
Roosevelt sends planes over known as the "airlift".
Roosevelt does not know what to do but decides to follow the Domino theory and send airoplanes
Airlift works and by June 1953 there was 2000 crates every hour the most ever seen.
Before the blockade both east and West Berlin could be accessed throughout each other. Many from the west would go to the east to get food and their haircut due to the cheaper prices while many would work in the west for economic purposes
Divided by different countries
France
America
England
Netherlands
USSR (biggest sector and located on east block)
Poorer and undemocratic
West block was very good it was rich and wealthy
How it impacted US foreign policy
Kept policy of domino theory by saving American Interests
Kept same policy as USSR
Context of the cold war
Korean War