may 12, 1949 - End of Berlin Blockade/Airlift

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Consequences:

Political:
-It coincided with the formation of NATO in April 1949.
-It finalised the formation of 2 German states
-Humiliation of the USSR
-Germany and Berlin became the focus of the Cold War
-A better relationship between Germany and the West
-The French zone merged with the Bizone

Economic:
-The USSR no longer received goods from the Western zones as a counter to the blockade
-It confirmed 2 separate economic units with different economic morals

Ideological:
-It established the Cold War

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