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-Berlin Blockade (1948) began with currency reforms in west Germany
-Russia blocks the the transportation routes into Berlin
-Allies had to decide to either give Berlin up or make other plans
-War was considered
-They decided to fly all the supplies in
-One aircraft landed every 2 minutes for 15 months straight
-The airlift became a public relations victory and showed great strength of America
-Good example of the Truman Doctrine
-This was a factor that led to NATO
-Russia blocks the the transportation routes into Berlin
-Allies had to decide to either give Berlin up or make other plans
-War was considered
-They decided to fly all the supplies in
-One aircraft landed every 2 minutes for 15 months straight
-The airlift became a public relations victory and showed great strength of America
-Good example of the Truman Doctrine
-This was a factor that led to NATO
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The Berlin Blockade was an attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to their sectors of Berlin, which lay within Russian-occupied East Germany. Eventually, the western powers instituted an airlift that lasted nearly a year and delivered much-needed supplies and relief to West Berlin.