2Recognise the importance of the Berlin Blockade in international relations
What was the Importance of the Berlin
Blockade, 1948–49? Background
Decisions about Germany The Allied leaders held conferences at Yalta and Potsdam near the end of World War II.
The leaders decided that: ●❰ Germany would be divided into four occupied zones – American, Soviet, British and French.
●❰ Berlin would also be divided into four sectors. ●❰ The division of Germany and Berlin would be temporary.
GERMANY DIVIDED North Sea
NETHERLANDS British Zone Bonn BELGIUM LUX FRANCE Munich SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA BERLIN DIVIDED 1948–49
French zone
CZECHOSLOVAKIA US zone GERMANY Berlin Soviet zone French sector British sector Soviet sector US sector After World War II, Germany was Baltic Sea POLAND
divided into four zones. Berlin, which was in the Soviet zone, was divided into four sectors.
Truman, US President
Stalin, Soviet leader
How should Germany be treated after the War? Differences arose among the Allied countries about how Germany should be treated.
Soviet view
The Soviet Union demanded huge reparations (compensation) from their zone in Eastern Germany because they had suffered a great deal in the war.
346 American and British view
The Americans and the British wanted to revive the German economy and establish a democratic government.
