<P> The Berlin Blockade ( 24 June 1948 -- 12 May 1949 ) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War . During the multinational occupation of post -- World War II Germany , the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies ' railway , road , and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control . The Soviets offered to drop the blockade if the Western Allies withdrew the newly introduced Deutsche mark from West Berlin . </P>
<P> The Berlin Blockade ( 24 June 1948 -- 12 May 1949 ) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War . During the multinational occupation of post -- World War II Germany , the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies ' railway , road , and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control . The Soviets offered to drop the blockade if the Western Allies withdrew the newly introduced Deutsche mark from West Berlin . </P>
the berlin blockade was intended to bring what under control of the soviet union
the berlin blockade was intended to bring what under control of the soviet union
Berlin
Berlin