https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp en-us 2016-12-08 21:57:22 UTC 2016-12-12 20:48:02 UTC hello@padlet.com nargis_amiri https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142695010 Stalin was unhappy at the fact that the US was trying to rebuild Germany so he tried forcing western allies out of Berlin by sealing off railroads and highways into the western section of the city.

]]> 2016-12-08 22:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142695010 jessica_ramsey https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142695610 As an alternative to transporting supplies through a vehicle, Truman ordered cargo planes to supply Berliners with food and fuel. ]]> 2016-12-08 22:13:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142695610 jessica_ramsey https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142695779 After a year, Stalin forced the Soviets to end the blockade by re opening every railroad and highway after the Western power success. The crisis deepend even after the West had won]]> 2016-12-08 22:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142695779 jessica_ramsey https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142696133 The Berlin blockade was the first major crisis of the Cold War. With the victory of the communist side in the Chinese Civil War and the outbreak of the Korean War, the conflict expanded.]]> 2016-12-08 22:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142696133 jessica_ramsey https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142696497 The Untied States delivered necessary supplies to the citizens in American planes, helped over 2 million people in West Berlin.]]> 2016-12-08 22:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142696497 jessica_ramsey https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142696810 The Berlin Airlift lasted from 1918-1919.]]> 2016-12-08 22:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142696810 jessica_ramsey https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142696964 - The normal daily food requirements for Berlin was 2,000 tons.
- The aircraft costed the US 350 million, the UK 17 million euros, Western Germany 150 million deutschmarks.]]> 2016-12-08 22:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142696964 jessica_ramsey https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142697683 - The Russian blockade lasted from June 24th 1948- May 11th 1949, but the aircraft continued for a couple more months.]]> 2016-12-08 22:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142697683 jessica_ramsey https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142697857 2016-12-08 22:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142697857 nargis_amiri https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142916297 The pilots and aircrew aboard the aircraft came from countries like Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand. ]]> 2016-12-09 21:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142916297 nargis_amiri https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142916611 Over the years 39 British, 31 Americans and 13 Germans lost their lives delivering supplies. They are remembered on the Berlin Airlift Monument at Tempelhof. ]]> 2016-12-09 21:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_ramsey/6r3wicxg5fsp/wish/142916611