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The Berlin Crisis of 1961 began with the Soviet Union building a wall between East and West Berlin. The Soviets shut off access to West Berlin. The Allies responded with the Berlin Airlift and the crisis was resolved.
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The wall blockade and airlift were part of the Berlin Crisis, specifically the Berlin Blockade, which occurred from 1948 to 1949. This situation arose when the Soviet Union blocked access to West Berlin in an attempt to gain control over the entire city. In response, the Western Allies initiated the Berlin Airlift, supplying West Berlin with food and essentials by air. The crisis highlighted the intense geopolitical tensions of the Cold War between the Eastern and Western blocs.
The Berlin Crisis (or, Berlin Blockade) of 1948-1949 was resolved through a combination of two related factors. The first was Allied resourcefulness and determination, with a nearly miraculous effort being made to keep West Berlin supplied through many months of land-access isolation. The second was the (very realistic and otherwise sensible) willingness of the Soviet Union to concede defeat in its bid for control of West Berlin.
It didn't change. Nothing changed the Cold War until the Berlin Wall came down in 1989.