To try to gain control over west berlin, the soviet union

West Berlin How did Soviets try to gain control

During 1948 and 1949, the Soviets blocked all land travel into West Berlin, forcing the United States to establish the Berlin Airlift to feed and care for the population of the city. In 1989, with communist control of East Germany crumbling, the Berlin Wall was finally torn down.

set up a total blockade which cut off that section of the city