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Berlin Blockade
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Berlin Blockade
The
Berlin Blockade
(24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the
Cold War
. During the
multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany
, the
Soviet Union
blocked the
Western Allies
' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of
Berlin
under Western control. The Soviets offered to drop the blockade if the Western Allies withdrew the newly introduced
Deutsche mark
from
West Berlin
.
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