Flashcards in The Berlin Airlift Deck (14)
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1
West Berlin couldn't last..?
many days without supplies.
2
Because they needed supplies it looked like the western powers would have to..?
pull out of Berlin.
3
The USA pulling out of Berlin would..?
make them look weak and undermine their image.
4
Western powers responded to the blockade with..?
an airlift.
5
Thousands of tonnes of supplies were..?
flown into Berlin.
6
The Berlin airlift made the USA appear..?
peaceful and generous.
7
When was West Germany officially formed?
September 1949.
8
NATO was set up to..?
counter Soviet military threat.
9
When was NATO set up?
1949
10
The Berlin blockade made the USSR appear..?
agressive and threatening.
11
When was East Germany officially formed as a Soviet state?
October 1949
12
Who formed the Warsaw Pact?
The USSR
13
When was the Warsaw Pact set up?
1955
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