Catalogue question 178 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
From June 1948 to May 1949, the citizens of West Berlin were supplied by an airlift. What circumstance was responsible for this?
- Air supply of the West Berlin population was cheaper for France.
- American soldiers were afraid of ambushes during land transport.
- Supply via the airlift was faster for Great Britain.
- The Soviet Union cut off all land traffic. Correct
Why — for every option
- A — Cost was not the reason for the airlift; it was a forced emergency solution, not an economic decision by France.
- B — There is no documented general fear of ambushes as the reason; the roads were simply blocked.
- C — Speed was not the trigger; without the blockade, the land route would have been the obvious, faster option.
- D — Correct: from June 1948, the Soviet Union blockaded all land and water routes to West Berlin to put political pressure on the city — the Western Allies responded with the Berlin Airlift.
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