Chapter 36: New Conflagrations: World War II and the Cold War

Soviets took east Germany, while United States, Britain, and France took west Germany . Berlin also divided four ways; by 1950 division seemed permanent. Berlin blockade and airlift, 1948-1949 . Soviet closed roads, trains, tried to strangle West Berlin into submission . Britain and United States kept city supplied with round-the-clock airlift ................
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