Although asked by Britain to provide transport planes and air crews for the Berlin Blockade of 1948, Canada refused.
22.
This changed after the Berlin Blockade of 1948-49 and the increasing flow of illegal imports from the Soviet zone.
23.
In June 1948, the Soviets imposed the Berlin Blockade changing the United States role in Germany from occupier to defender.
24.
Following the Berlin Blockade, normal contacts between East and West Berlin resumed; however, in many cases this proved only temporary.
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My overarching memory of the year of the Berlin blockade is a peaceful one in spite of the ever-apparent Russian threat.
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Truman also had the support of people early in the Cold War in how he responded promptly to the Berlin blockade.
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These included providing music for the Olympiastadion in Berlin, which marked the 50th anniversary of the end of the Berlin blockade.
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War ended in May 1945 and Berlin was divided into newsprint ( paper ) ran out due to the Berlin Blockade.
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The treaty and the Soviet Berlin Blockade led to the creation of the Western European Union's Defence Organization in September 1948.
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The station's importance was magnified during the 1948 Berlin blockade, when it carried the message of Allied determination to resist Soviet intimidation.
