On June 15, 1948, the Soviet authorities announced that the Autobahn the highway connecting western
Germany to Berlin, would be closed indefinitely "for repairs." Then they halted all road traffic from west
to east, and barred all barge and rail traffle from entering West Berlin. Thus began the blockade of Berlin
As far as the western Allies were concerned, withdrawal from the city was not an option. "If we
withdraw," said the American military commander, our position in Europe is threatened, and Communism
will run rampant," President Harry Truman echoed this sentiment: "We shall stay," he declared "period
Using military force to strike back against the Soviet blockade seemed equally unwise: The risk of turning
the Cold War into an actual war even worse, a nuclear war was just too great Finding another way to
re provision the city seemed to the Allies to be the only reasonable response,
Which Cold War event will be the outcome from the above summary?
a Berlin Wall
b. Berlin Airlift
e Iron Curtain Speech
d. The creation of NATO

The Soviet goal was to drive British, French and American forces out of West Berlin, which had been divided into four zones of occupation, just like the whole Germany. They thought that by blockading access to West Berlin and making it impossible to get food and other supplies, the Western Allies would leave and the Soviet Union would control all of the city. Nevertheless, US president Harry Truman refused to leave the city to its fate and ordered an airlift that lasted for one year. The Soviet policy was a failure.