FACT LIST: Berlin Blockade & Airlift
1. The city of Berlin was located in the middle of Soviet-controlled East Germany.
2. The citizens of West Berlin were cut off from food, medicine, fuel and other basic goods.
3. For close to a year, the US & Britain dropped supplies in by plane with over 230,000 tons
in April 1949 alone.
4. The USSR blocked all roads and canals into the city, leaving only railroad access.
5. The USSR decided to block off the city in response to US economic policies.
6. German children went out to meet the planes as sometimes pilots dropped candy and
toys.
7. The Blockade represented the first major conflict of the Cold War
Enter the numbers for all the TRUE information from the "dossier" (info sheet)
provided previously.
1. The city of Berlin was located in the middle of Soviet-controlled East Germany.
2. The citizens of West Berlin were cut off from food, medicine, fuel and other basic goods.
3. For close to a year, the US & Britain dropped supplies in by plane with over 230,000 tons
in April 1949 alone.
4. The USSR blocked all roads and canals into the city, leaving only railroad access.
5. The USSR decided to block off the city in response to US economic policies.
6. German children went out to meet the planes as sometimes pilots dropped candy and
toys.
7. The Blockade represented the first major conflict of the Cold War
Enter the numbers for all the TRUE information from the "dossier" (info sheet)
provided previously.
