Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Berlin Blockade 1948 - 1949
- Berlin and then rest of
Germany was split into 4
zones at the end of the world
war (1945)
- In June 1948 West germany was formed.
- On the 23rd of June a new currency
was introduced in west Germany
- On June the 24th Stalin cut of all rail
and roads to east berlin. THE BERLIN BLOCKADE
- The west decided to supply west berlin by air
- The Berlin blockade lasted 318 days.
- 275,000 planes transported 1.5 million tons
of supplies; one plane landed every 3 minutes.
- On the 12th May 1949 Stalin abandoned the
Berlin Blockade.