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1945(Before the start of the Berlin Blockade)

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1945(Before the start of the Berlin Blockade)

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After WW2, Germany split up into different zones. The allies wanted De-Nazification, and they wanted to remove the nazi power. Although, the Soviet Union had one third of Eastern Germany.

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After WW2, from July 17, to the 2nd of August, in 1945, there were various meetings at the Potsdam Conference. The US, the Britains, and the Soviets were part of it. The main ideas was to decide, what would happen after the Second World War.

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After World War 2, Germany was in a very weak place, both economically and socially. The Soviet Union had a very important goal, which was to keep Germany as a weak nation, in order to prevent future threats. On the other side, the Allies on the West wanted to get Germany back on their feet, and recover.

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The Allies of the West, including the US, the UK and France, started a new currency called the "Deutchmark". This currency was created because the past currency was highly unstable. This was a problem for the Soviet Union.

On the other hand, East Berlin continued to use the original currency. After this new currency, the East was affected, so this leas to the USSR starting the blockade.

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After the United States presented the Marshall Plan, West Germany seemed very benefitted. On the other side, East Germany, and the Soviets, were less developed. This lead to the USSR seeing the West as a problem to the Soviet Union.

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1948: The Start of the First Crisis of the Cold War.

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1948: The Start of the First Crisis of the Cold War.

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In 1948, tension broke between the Allies(US, British and France). and the Soviet Union, lead by Joseph Stalin. This lead to a divisional crisis in Berlin, Germany.

During the half of 1948, both the United States, and the Britains, decided to combine their sectors and powers into one single military zone. Then, France, UK and the US cooperated together to create a single, unified government into the west sector, with their own currency.

Due to the new currency created by the allies, the Soviets saw this, as a violation of treaties declared in the postwar. The Soviets were heavily affected, and they needed to respond.

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On this day, the Soviet Union blocked railroads, roads, canals, and every other access that lead to West Berlin, which was controlled by the Allies. This caused high levels of damage in many areas, such as scarcity of food, gasoline, medicine and other human needs for the West of Berlin, because all transit accesses were blocked. Many people suffered from this scarcity, causing many problems, and it lasted until the 12th of May, in 1949. This was considered as the main problem that occurred in the Berlin Blockade.

For 11 months, the Allies responded to this crisis caused by the Soviets in the East by implementing the Berlin Airlift. This consisted of the Western Allies, working together to deliver large amounts of supplies for those in need.

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After 11 months, the Soviets lifted the blockade, causing the end of the Berlin Blockade. The Soviet Union was in obligation to recognize the political rights of West Berlin, as a totally separate entity.

In the West, British, French and US territories merged into a single one, called Trizonia. This leas to the start of the FRG, which stands for Federal Republic of Germany.

After the Allies started the FRG, the Soviets saw the need to respond. The Soviets created the GDR, which stands for German Democratic Republic.

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In the 4th of April, 1949, The "North Atlantic Treaty Organization"(NATO) was formed, with members such as the United States, and many western countries, such as Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, the UK, Italy, and others. The main goal of NATO, was to have, and create security, to have defense against the Soviet Union. NATO was made to create peace and freedom.