1. The Berlin Blockade and the Cold War
The success of the Berlin Airlift brought embarrassment to the Soviets who had refused to believe it could make a difference, however, "not only did the blockade turn out to be totally ineffective, it ended up backfiring on the Soviets in other ways...it also hastened the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)" (PBS – Berlin Blockade). ... Consequently the blockade was lifted in May 1949 and resulted in the creation of two separate German states, The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) splitting up Berl...
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