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A US policy, announced by President Harry S. Truman in 1947, of providing economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents.
  • The Cold War
  • What four countries divided the city of Berlin in 1945?
  • The Truman Doctrine
  • Why did the Allies help the people of Berlin?
Was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post-World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied control. The Soviet's aim was to force the western powers to allow the Soviet zone to start supplying Berlin with food, fuel, and aid, thereby giving the Soviets practical control over the entire city. Started in June 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949.
  • What was the Berlin Wall and what did it signify?
  • Containment
  • Berlin airlift
  • Berlin Blockade
The blocking of another nation's attempts to spread its influence- especially the efforts of the US to block the spread of Soviet influence during the late 1940's and early 1950's.
  • Containment
  • Why was "Operation Little Vittles" a good example of how the Cold War was to be fought?
  • Berlin airlift
  • Berlin Blockade
Gale Halvorsen (AKA "The Candy Bomber" and "Uncle Wiggly-Wings")
  • How many flights were flown into Berlin by the American and British forces?
  • On average, the airlift was delivering how many tons of aid per day?
  • The name of the American pilot who delivered candy to the children in West Berlin..
  • Why was "Operation Little Vittles" a good example of how the Cold War was to be fought?
A concrete wall that separated East Berlin and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, built by the Communist East German government to prevent its citizens from fleeing to the West. It also signified an"Iron Curtain" between capitalism and communism (separation of political ideologies, economics, cultures, etc.,).
  • After how many months was the blockade lifted?
  • Why was "Operation Little Vittles" a good example of how the Cold War was to be fought?
  • Which counties occupied "West" Berlin?
  • What was the Berlin Wall and what did it signify?
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  • After how many months was the blockade lifted?
  • On average, how often was an aircraft landing in Berlin?
  • How many flights were flown into Berlin by the American and British forces?
  • On average, the airlift was delivering how many tons of aid per day?
101
  • How many American and British aircraft were lost during the operation?
  • How many flights were flown into Berlin by the American and British forces?
  • How many American and British airmen were lost?
  • After how many months was the blockade lifted?
aprox: 300,000
  • The name of the American pilot who delivered candy to the children in West Berlin..
  • On average, the airlift was delivering how many tons of aid per day?
  • How many flights were flown into Berlin by the American and British forces?
  • On average, how often was an aircraft landing in Berlin?
aprox: 5,000
  • How many flights were flown into Berlin by the American and British forces?
  • On average, the airlift was delivering how many tons of aid per day?
  • On average, how often was an aircraft landing in Berlin?
  • The name of the American pilot who delivered candy to the children in West Berlin..
the state of hostility, without direct military conflict, that developed between the US and the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • What four countries divided the city of Berlin in 1945?
  • The Truman Doctrine
  • The Cold War
  • Why did the Allies help the people of Berlin?
Russia, Great Britain, France, and the US.
  • The Truman Doctrine
  • Why did the Allies help the people of Berlin?
  • What four countries divided the city of Berlin in 1945?
  • The Cold War
USA, France, and Britain.
  • What was the Berlin Wall and what did it signify?
  • Which counties occupied "West" Berlin?
  • After how many months was the blockade lifted?
  • Which countries occupied East Berlin?
This type of warfare uses espionage, propaganda, information, proxy-wars, and economics to undermine your enemy.
  • Why was "Operation Little Vittles" a good example of how the Cold War was to be fought?
  • The name of the American pilot who delivered candy to the children in West Berlin..
  • What was the Berlin Wall and what did it signify?
  • How many flights were flown into Berlin by the American and British forces?
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