At the time, Nazi Germany was pressing hard against the Soviet Union on the USSR's west. It would not be unreasonable to believe that Stalin wanted the Allies to invade Western Europe as a way of drawing off German troops, etc.
East was ruled by communist russia while west was ruled by the allies (america, france and Britain), Berlin was in the eastern side but it was also split up like the whole of Germany was, into four sectors, each one ruled by the corresponding ally.
The Western FrontThe Western Front was during World War One and World War Two. It described the contested armed frontier between the land controlled by Germany to the east and Allies to the west.The Western FrontierThe Western Frontier was the unowned land in the Western part of the United States. The only occupants of the West were Native Americans. People expanded and explored the West. The people believed in Manifest Destiny, or the belief that the US was destined to expand Westward.
For two reasons: they had seen that keeping Germany poor and disorganized (as after the end of WW 1) only led to general resentment, to the rise of parties like the Nazi party and to a resumption of that earlier war. Secondly, the Allies quickly realized that they would need Germany as a first line of defence in case the USSR would try to extend its influence over - or even try to conquer - western European countries.
In World War II, the greatest problem for the Allies in establishing a second front in Europe was the shortage of landing craft. To be successful, amphibious landings on defended shores required large first waves of attackers supported by vehicles followed up by substantial reinforcements, including more vehicles. All this required landing craft in such numbers as the Allies weren't able to muster until 1944.
The Berlin Blockade was supposed to cause the allies to give up western Berlin to the Soviet forces, but instead the allies constantly airlifted supplies past the blockade until it was lifted.
Stalin. He was in power from the 1930s to the early 1950s. The Berlin Blockade occured in 1948.
The Western powers airlifted supplies to Berlin, until the Soviets ended the blockade in 1949.
The Soviets tried to force the Western Allies to abandon a currency reform, and possibly even Berlin itself. -JenniferMichelle Kinsel (:
The Berlin Airlift was in reaction to the Berlin Blockade. The United States and allies delivered supplies to West Berlin.
Stalin wanted to force the Western Allies to leave Berlin and possibly swap it for another piece of German territory.
No. The Soviets instituted the Berlin blockade, so the allies initiated the Berlin airlift to get supplies to civilians inside the blockaded city.
The Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade
Allies had to air lift supplies into West Berlin because the USSR had all roads blockaded. The eastern part of the city was under the control of the USSR, and the western region was under the control of the allies. The USSR hoped that by shutting off all routes, the allies would turn total control of Berlin over to them.
The Soviet wanted to supply Berlin with food and fuel to gain complete control over Berlin. The Soviet Union could have used this control to scare the Western Allies into doing their bidding.