Berlin Blockade

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Cold War crisis Soviet foreign policy action blockade

The Berlin Blockade was a 1948–1949 Soviet attempt to cut off Allied access to West Berlin, triggering a major Cold War crisis and the Western powers’ massive airlift operation to sustain the city.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Berlin Blockade canonical	21
1948–1949 Berlin Blockade	1
Berlin Crisis	1
Berlin crisis of 1948–1949	1
Soviet blockade of Berlin	1
Soviet blockade of West Berlin	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War crisis ⓘ Soviet foreign policy action ⓘ blockade ⓘ
affectedPopulation	residents of West Berlin ⓘ
aim	force Western Allies out of Berlin ⓘ gain control over all of Berlin ⓘ
alternativeAccessLeftOpen	air corridors to West Berlin ⓘ
cause	disputes over control of Berlin ⓘ introduction of the Deutsche Mark in Western zones of Germany ⓘ
conflictWith	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Western Allies
contributedTo	formation of NATO ⓘ
countryInvolved	France ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1949-05-12 ⓘ
endedBy	Soviet decision to lift the blockade ⓘ
enforcedBy	Soviet military authorities in Germany ⓘ
followedBy	formal establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ formal establishment of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
hasSignificance	first major crisis of the Cold War ⓘ symbol of Cold War division of Europe ⓘ
location	Berlin ⓘ Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ surface form: Soviet occupation zone of Germany West Berlin ⓘ
method	blocking all ground access routes to West Berlin ⓘ cutting canal traffic to West Berlin ⓘ cutting rail links to West Berlin ⓘ cutting road links to West Berlin ⓘ
opponent	France ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	Cold War ⓘ
precededBy	division of Germany into occupation zones ⓘ
relatedTo	Allied Control Council disputes ⓘ division of Berlin into sectors ⓘ
responseBy	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Western Allies
result	continued Western presence in West Berlin ⓘ failure of Soviet attempt to force Western withdrawal from Berlin ⓘ increased East–West tensions ⓘ strengthening of Western alliance ⓘ
startDate	1948-06-24 ⓘ
supplyCut	food shipments to West Berlin ⓘ fuel shipments to West Berlin ⓘ industrial goods shipments to West Berlin ⓘ
temporalContext	post–World War II occupation of Germany ⓘ
triggered	Berlin Airlift ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Berlin Airlift → wasResponseTo → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet blockade of West Berlin

Berlin Airlift → partOf → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin crisis of 1948–1949

Cold War → hasSignificantEvent → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

Allied occupation of Germany → significantEvent → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

Ich bin ein Berliner speech → politicalContext → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlin Crisis

Luftbrücke → hasCause → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

West Berlin → blockadedIn → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

Luftbrückendenkmal (Berlin Airlift Memorial) → commemorates → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

subject surface form: Luftbrückendenkmal

this entity surface form: Soviet blockade of Berlin

Luftbrückendenkmal (Berlin Airlift Memorial) → topic → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

subject surface form: Luftbrückendenkmal

Operation Vittles → hasCause → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

Operation Vittles → relatedTo → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

American sector of Berlin → historicalEvent → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

United States–Soviet Union relations → significantEvent → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

British sector of Berlin → significantEvent → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

Berlin Crisis → relatedEvent → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

Eastern Bloc → significantEvent → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

West Berlin Allied forces → significantEvent → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

Major General William H. Tunner → conflict → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

subject surface form: William H. Tunner

Operation Plainfare → temporalContext → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

General Lucius D. Clay → participatedIn → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

subject surface form: Lucius D. Clay

Ernst Reuter → participatedIn → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

Allied Kommandatura (in early years) → significantEvent → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

subject surface form: Allied Kommandatura

Allied-occupied Berlin → significantEvent → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

Allied Kommandatura, Berlin → significantEvent → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

Airlift Square@en → commemoratesEventPeriod → Berlin Blockade ⓘ

subject surface form: Airlift Square

this entity surface form: 1948–1949 Berlin Blockade