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Joseph Stalin (dictator of Soviet Union)

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- Establish soviet dominance
- Humanitarian assistance
- Socialist organizations and coercion

Soviets wanted to undermine British sector

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Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (replaced by Prime Minister Clement Attlee), and U.S. President Harry Truman

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Consisted in Germany paying USSR reparations.
- Dismantled entire factories (no heavy industry remained)
- East Germany has 6 million refugees (Prussia and Silesia)
- They caused social problems and economic strain

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George Catlett Marshall (general of the army and U.S. Army chief of staff during World War II)

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- Britain lacked resources to support its sector
- Joined sectors with USA and France into on military zone(bizonia)
- Soviet control was more difficult by division of Berlin

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Allies Control Center. Members were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and France

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- Three powers proposed new currency
- Soviets rejected- ACC started braking down
- in last meeting they decided in unifications of zones
- Establish West German government
- Lead to creation of East German State
- West wanted to implement new currency
- Cause of Berlin Blockade

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Berlin blockade, international crisis that arose from an attempt by the Soviet Union

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- This was soviets attempt to oust allies from Berlin
- The Blockade was a response to: Marshall Plan, Treaty of Brussels, report from Party of Socialist German Unity
-  First Soviets prevented military supplies to the west
- Then they prevented supplies of food and fuel
- Their excuse was because the west were violating Yalta and Postdam agreements by the currency unifications

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Soviets cut off land and river transit between West Berlin and West Germany. The Western Allies responded with a massive airlift to come to West Berlin's aid.

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- Allies responded to this blockade by doing airlift of supplies from UK to Berlin
- They use the blockade and turned it into a victory (Anglo-American)
- US military force their way into Berlin for direct confrontation

Limitations
- Berlin's terrain was difficult to maintain  and to land on
- Winter was another complication since the weather made it imposible to land on some days
- There would be moments that people would have to ration the supplies because they did not know when the next airlift came

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- Because the Allies had discovered a way to keep their region afloat and strong, the Soviets saw their blockade as a failure
- They were willing to lift the blockade

Condition:
- The Soviet union had to recognize the political rights of west Berlin as separate

Admitting defeat lead to the construction of the Berlin Wall

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Creation of Federal Republic of Germany (1949)

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Creation of Federal Republic of Germany (1949)

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- Allies created trizonia
- West Germany established parliamentary democracy
- East Germany was a socialist side
- Marxism-Leninism (education, media, arts, economy)
- SSD inplemented (secret police org. to monitor east)

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Signed by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

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Purpose: prevent the spread of communism
This was because:
- Terror of Soviet aggression after blockade
- bipartisan support (American-Europe defense agreement)

NATO- first peacetime agreement
North Atlantic treaty- an attack to one and attack to all
- Soviets argued this was an agressive alliance
- Lead to consolidation of two blocs in Europe

Soviets response (Warsaw pact)
- collective security agreement of satellite states