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Stalin stopped traffic to Berlin in response to Britain and the U.S. changing the currency in their district of Germany. Stalin saw this as an economic threat and deprived Berlin as resources in an attempt to push them out of Germany.

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Stalin ordered this to cut off the Western sector of Berlin.?

a blockade of rail, river,and auto traffic


Why did stalin blockade west berlin in 1948-?

Stalin was determined to capture West Berlin and gain concessions from the West


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Relations were made a lot worse as Berlin was more obviously divided. There were increased tensions between Russia and America because Stalin didn't want to allow the East and the West to join together and was trying to stop that. When the Berlin Airlift happened. it made Communism look bad which Stalin didn't like.


Did Stalin create the Berlin wall as a form of protest?

There's some confusion here. The Berlin Wall was built over eight years after Stalin's death ...


How was Joseph Stalin involved in the Berlin Airlift?

He was the reason the Berlin Airlift took place. Berlin was in the Soviet sector of post-war Germany, but Berlin itself was divided much like the country. Stalin was upset with the Western alliance (U.S., Britain, and France) for producing the London Programme. The London Programme outlined the creation of a Western German state. Stalin stopped all rail, water and road traffic to and from Berlin in hope that the London Programme would be halted. This was legal because the Western alliance did not put in writing the free access to their respective sector of Berlin. The choices were to use military forcce to break the blockade of airlift all the supplies. Since no economy could support another world war they chose to airlift all the goods to Berlin. This disheartened Stalin and he eventually lifted the blockade of Berlin.


Who led the Soviets to block west Berlin?

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What did Stalin do in June 1948?

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What did Stalin do when Britain France and the US announced their decision to consolidate the zones of Berlin that they occupied?

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