BERLIN BLOCKADE

Question	Answer
WHEN DID THE BERLIN BLOCKADE BEGIN?	24TH JUNE 1949
WHEN DID IT END?	12 MAY 1949
HOW MANY ZONES OF OCCUPATION WAS GERMANY SPLIT INTO AFTER WW2	4
WHAT ELSE WAS SPLIT UP?	BERLIN
WHICH SECTION WAS BERLIN IN?	EAST
HOW DID THE USA PLAN TO REVIVE GERMANY?	THE MARSHALL PLAN
WHAT DID THE USSR WANT TO DO WITH GERMANY?	PUNISH IT
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE NEW GERMAN CURRENCY?	DEUTSCHMARK
HOW DID STALIN PLAN TO STOP THIS?	BLOCKADE AROUND THE ENTIRE CITY OF BERLIN
HOW LIVED IN WEST BERLIN	2 MILLION
HOW MANY MONTHS OF FOOD HAD THEY LEFT?	1 MONTH
HOW DID THEY GET FOOD INTO THESE PEOPLE	AIRLIFT
WHAT AIRPORT WAS USED	TEMPELHOF
HOW OFTEN DID PLANES LAND	EVERY 3 MINUTES
HOW MANY TONNES OF TINNED FOOD WERE DROPPED?	600
NAME 2 ITEMS DROPPED	HOT WATER BOTTLES, GUIDE DOG
GIVE TWO RESULTS OF THE BLOCKADE	NATO WARSAW IMPOSSIBLE TO REUNITE GERMANY
CODE NAME WAS	OPERATION VITTLES
BERLIN WALL WAS BUILT	13TH AUGUST 1961 25 MILES LONG MIDDLE OF CITY ANYONE TO ESCAPE WAS SHOT

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