[DOC] [TLE] Berlin Blockade - Wikipedia [PAR] The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948  12 May 1949) was one of the first major 
international ... In response, the Western Allies organized the Berlin airlift to carry 
supplies to the .... For the city of Berlin, however, this was the curtain-raiser for a 
major crisis." ... At the same time, Soviet military aircraft began to violate West 
Berlin... [DOC] [TLE] Containment - AP U.S. History Topic Outlines - Study Notes [PAR] The USSR begged the western Allies to attack the German army on its ... The 
world had never seen a threat like communism or a nation that behaved as the 
Soviet Union did, and ... Kennan drafted his response to the State Department in 
a telegram in .... met in Brussels, Belgium and signed a mutual defense pact in 
1948. [DOC] [TLE] Berlin Airlift - Cold War - HISTORY.com [PAR] Berlin, the German capital city, was located deep in the Soviet zone, but it was 
also ... In 1948, the three western Allies created a single new currency (the ... 
They withdrew from the Kommandatura and began a blockade of West Berlin, ... 
foe), it motivated the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), an
... [DOC] [TLE] NATO History [PAR] In February 1948, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, with covert backing 
from ... In the Treaty's renowned Article 5, the new Allies agreed an armed attack 
against ... In reaction to West Germany's NATO accession, the Soviet Union and 
its ... Like a similar invasion of Hungary in 1956 and military repression in Berlin 
in... [DOC] [TLE] North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 1949 - Milestones in the ... [PAR] The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, 
... NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into ... 
and in mid-1948, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin chose to test Western resolve by 
... although a massive airlift to resupply the city for the duration of the blockade... [DOC] [TLE] United States Relations with Russia: The Cold War [PAR] 1948-1949: Berlin Airlift ... On May 12, 1949, the Soviets lifted their blockade. ... 
The Soviets and the Chinese signed a Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship on 
February 14, 1950. ... In response to NATO actions in the West, including the 
rearming of West ... Three-power talks on a more permanent ban of nuclear 
testing began at... [DOC] [TLE] The Berlin Airlift, 19481949 - Milestones in the History of U.S. ... [PAR] The crisis started on June 24, 1948, when Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, ... 
the Soviets, enable the introduction of Marshall Plan aid, and curb the city's black 
market. ... stationed in and around Berlin dwarfed the Western Allied military 
presence. ... the Western Allies created the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (
NATO). [DOC] [TLE] Frequently Asked Questions | Cuban Missile Crisis [PAR] Who were the American and Soviet leaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis? ... 
What was the Berlin Blockade of 1948? ... Why did the U.S. blockade Cuba? ... 
States and NATO allies and the Eastern Bloc, organized by the Union of Soviet 
Socialist ... Castro first began his revolutionary struggle in 1953; after an initial 
defeat,... [DOC] [TLE] Soviet Union 1945-1985 [PAR] After World War II, the Soviet Union and its Western allies soon parted ways as 
mutual ... By 1948 seven East European countries had communist governments. 
... China and the Soviet Union concluded a mutual defense treaty against Japan 
and ..... the two countries began the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) in 
1969. [DOC] [TLE] The US Military Response to the 1960 - 1962 Berlin Crisis - National ... [PAR] the Communists wanted the Western Allies out of Berlin so that the city would ... 
include cutting off Western access to Berlin, the Joint Chiefs of Staff began ... 
were prepared to mount an airlift similar to the one that had broken a Soviet 
blockade in 1949, ... and to encourage the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (
NATO) allies. [DOC] [TLE] Berlin 1948-1949

Question: In 1948 the Allies began talks of a defense pact like NATO in response to the Soviet blockade of this city
Answer: Berlin