In the summer of 1948, Joseph Stalin blockaded West Berlin from West Germany, believing that West Berlin would fall to communism because of limited resources. America controlled West Berlin and for many months provided the people with food and goods through an airlift. Over the course of the years after the airlift, many individuals living in East Berlin traveled to West Berlin, after they witnessed the positive leadership of the U.S. This eventually led to the Berlin Wall being set up in 1961. The Berlin airlift represented that America would take any necessary means to shield the Western Hemisphere from the evils of
In the summer of 1948, Joseph Stalin blockaded West Berlin from West Germany, believing that West Berlin would fall to communism because of limited resources. America controlled West Berlin and for many months provided the people with food and goods through an airlift. Over the course of the years after the airlift, many individuals living in East Berlin traveled to West Berlin, after they witnessed the positive leadership of the U.S. This eventually led to the Berlin Wall being set up in 1961. The Berlin airlift represented that America would take any necessary means to shield the Western Hemisphere from the evils of