Introduction

Hello, this article is going to focused on the Berlin Blockade which took place during the Cold War. This paper aims to examine historical background, reasons, actions and consequences related to the Berlin Blockade. So whether you are already a historian learner or a beginner, all you have to do is read on because we have got you covered!

What was the Cold War?

The Cold War was a post World War II conflict between the United States and Soviet Union, which occurred at the earlier part of the1990’s. This was coupled by political, military as well as social rivalries shared ideological differences between the two superpowers.

The origins of the berlin blockade Speculations have been for long that the origins of the Berlin blockade are associated with few fundamental approaches toward the build-up of a world network of communism or indeed to the dreams of Hitler.

In the aftermath of World War II, Germany was divided into four zones, each controlled by one of the Allied powers: The four states included here were the United States of America, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Great Britain and France. Nevertheless, Berlin – the city entirely within the sphere of the Soviet Zone – has been similarly divided into four segments.

Ideological disputes between the two elder superpowers heated up and led to international cold relations. The Soviet Union had wished to see a communism system in Germany while the United States preferred a democracy. Such differences which were very much expressed culminated in the formation of the Berlin Blockade.

The Berlin Blockade

West Berlin was surrounded and hence, it was deprived of all the road and water transport from the soviet occupied East Germany to the rest of the world in June 1948. The blockade aimed at completely subjugating the city, and with it the Western Powers, to surrender ambitions for a separate West German concept.

In order to bypass this situation the United States and its allies introduced the Berlin Airlift. In June 1948 to May 1949, aircraft carried foodstuffs, oil, and medical consumables deliberately through the joint to West Berlin. This monstrous undertaking was responsible for ensuring welfare of this population and checked Soviet advancement.

The Removal of the Blockade and Its Consequences

As perhaps could be expected, the attempt of the Soviet Union to supply Berlin was not successful, and thus in May 1949 having clearly recognized the hopelessness of the besieging of West Berlin, the Soviet Union removed the blockade from West Berlin. The successful Berlin Airlift would put down a critical marker in the Cold War map due to the division between what became known as the Eastern Bloc led by the Soviet Union and the Western Bloc led by the United States.

The Berlin Blockade is not only a vivid manifestation of the fight for world supremacy of the superpowers but also a result that encouraged additional cooperation between the United States and its allies. It resulted into formation of NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization whose main purpose was to defend west European possibly from soviet invasion.

Conclusion

The final strom of Berlin blockade was that in the Cold War, the conflict between America and the Soviet Union differed on idealogy. It demonstrated the readiness of the Western’s powers to defend the right and freedom of the west Berliners while the Soviet imposed ‘blockade’ illustrated the inefficiency of their authority.

Before you move further in your learning of the Cold War and the effects it had, try to recall the importance of the Berlin Blockade, as it was one of the foundational parts of history which comprised this conflict and its repercussions.