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| Tango01 | 05 Aug 2015 2:48 p.m. PST |
"The Berlin blockade and subsequent airlift was the first serious confrontation between the Western allies and the Soviet Union during the COLD WAR. In 1948, the Soviet Union attempted to limit the ability of U. S., British, and French occupation forces to travel to their respective sectors in the German capital of Berlin, which was within Soviet-occupied East Germany. The Soviets blockaded the city by land, thus forcing the Western powers to enter by air. Seeds for the crisis had been planted during the famous Crimea Conference (Yalta) in February 1945. With World War II nearing its conclusion, the Allied leaders- specifically, American president Franklin Roosevelt, British prime minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet premier Joseph Stalin-began making preparations for the future of Germany. Among the arrangements made between the "Big Three" was that Berlin would be divided into occupational zones. However, there was no stipulation concerning access to those zones. Making matters worse, the long-strained relationship between the Soviet Union and the West began deteriorating rapidly after the war…"
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