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1
Q

What was the Berlin airlift?

A

The American response to the Berlin blockade where they sent in planes to West Berlin with supplies for them

2
Q

Why did USA have to fly in planes to West Berlin?

A

Stalin had blocked all road and rail access

3
Q

What did the supplies include?

A

Food, luxuries

4
Q

How long did the Berlin airlift last?

A

10 months

5
Q

Why did the Americans need to prove their strength against Stalin?

A

To preserve the western powers in Berlin

6
Q

Why was the Berlin airlift seen as a piece of propaganda?

A

It was used to promote capitalism to the communist part of Germany and Berlin, as the planes could be seen in the sky

7
Q

Why did the planes being propaganda irritate Stalin?

A

The USA were trying to persuade his communists to become capitalist

8
Q

Why did Stalin not act on the American airlift?

A

USA had developed the atomic bomb in 1945 so that scared Stalin

9
Q

Why did the USA use stalins fear to their advantage?

A

If he feared them enough he would surrender communism and let his people free

10
Q

Why did USA have to fly in planes to West Berlin?

A

Stalin had blocked all road and rail access

11
Q

What did the supplies include?

A

Food, luxuries

12
Q

How long did the Berlin airlift last?

A

10 months

13
Q

Why did the Americans need to prove their strength against Stalin?

A

To preserve the western powers in Berlin

14
Q

Why was the Berlin airlift seen as a piece of propaganda?

A

It was used to promote capitalism to the communist part of Germany and Berlin, as the planes could be seen in the sky

15
Q

Why did the planes being propaganda irritate Stalin?

A

The USA were trying to persuade his communists to become capitalist

16
Q

Why did Stalin not act on the American airlift?

A

USA had developed the atomic bomb in 1945 so that scared Stalin

17
Q

Why did the USA use stalins fear to their advantage?

A

If he feared them enough he would surrender communism and let his people free