LibGuides: G11: The Cold War Begins: Case Studies:Berlin

General Background

Germany Divided into East and West (1949)
Congressional Quarterly Analysis
US-Soviet Rivalry in Korea
CQ Researcher, 1948
Berlin: Flashpoint of the Cold War (1948-89)
At the Yalta Conference it was decided to divide Germany into four zones, each governed by one of the allies. What could possibly go wrong...

Berlin Airlift
Collection of documents from the Truman Library. 1948-'52
Between land and sky: A comparative look at Soviet and American relations and perspectives during the Berlin Airlift
The Soviets implemented the Berlin Blockade in an attempt to use starvation to goad the West into reopening negotiations for a unified Germany or to drive out the Western Powers. (DO BE AWARE THIS IS AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS)
USSR and the Creation of the Buffer Zone
Although in 1945 the Communist world was limited to the Soviet Union, it rapidly spread to Central and Eastern Europe. (PS documents under resources tab)
The Occupation of Berlin and Germany
When the U.S., the Soviet Union, and Great Britain accepted Germany’s World War II surrender in May 1945, they sought to ensure that Germany could not start another world war.
Google Arts and Culture: Berlin Blockade
Photos
Animated Map: The Berlin Crisis (1948-1949)
from Map as History

The Berlin Crises
Philip Windsor | Published in History Today Volume 12 Issue 6 June 1962

Blockade

Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was an attempt by Soviet and East German leaders to starve Allied personnel out of West Berlin in 1948-49. They did this by closing the borders with both East Berlin and East Germany, thus cutting off Allied supply routes.

The Berlin Wall
From the Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security

Berlin Blockade
Lesson from the Truman Archives
GCSE: Blockade and Airlift
What caused of the Berlin Blockade crisis of 1948? Why was Stalin forced to abandon the plan that could have cost the lives of thousands living in divided Berlin or started another wa
Blockade and Airlife
from the Wilson Archives
CIA Weekly Summaries
The summaries reveal the tensions arising during the Berlin blockade. The tone elicits a hope of compromise. These summaries also reveal the mounting fear of Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.
Berlin Blockade
summaries and documents from JohnDClare.net

Berlin Airlift

The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin airlift was supposed to be a short-term measure, but it settled in for the long haul as the Soviets refused to lift the blockade.
Berlin Airlift 1948-49
Office of the Historian
PBS: Berlin Airlift
On June 24, 1948, the Cold War began in the war-torn, divided city of Berlin. The Soviets, who controlled all of East Germany and the eastern half of Berlin, blocked all access to the American and British-controlled West Berlin, choking commerce and starving the people. The
Supplying a City By Air
“Operation Vittles,” better known as the Berlin Airlift, began when the Soviet Union blockaded the western zone of Berlin.
Berlin Airlift of 1948
On January 1, 1947, the British and Americans merged their zones for economic purposes into a single unified zone called Bizonia.

Graphics

Berlin Blockade 1948-1949

The sectors of Berlin cut off by the Soviet Union from 24 June 1948 onwards and the routes taken by the Western airlift until 12 May 1949.

Berlin Airlift

How the Berlin Airlift worked (1948)

Diagram of the Berlin Airlift showing the flight paths and altitudes of Allied aircraft.

Cartoon on the Berlin Blockade (July 1948)

‘Over the lime (Linden) trees’. In July 1948 the German satirical magazine Der Tintenfisch portrays the hegemonic policy of the Soviet Union in Berlin and Moscow’s overt desire to see the Western Allies leave the former German capital.