Ancient history

Europe remained calm

Eventually, the blockade was simply lifted in May 1949, but the airlift continued to operate until September, and the four major powers resumed discussions on Germany's future. But by then the North Atlantic Treaty had been signed and the constitution of West Germany completed. In reality, it was not just Berlin that was split in two, but Germany.
The blockade had caused this division. In a more general context, he had also shown that the “cold war” involved real dangers but that neither the Westerners nor the Soviets wanted a conflict. The solution lay in abandoning the competition for control of a unified Germany that had hitherto characterized the "Cold War".
The problem for the future was not not knowing when and how Germany would be reunited, but whether it ever would be. And that was a matter of negotiations, not of conflict or competition.
The following year, the Korean War broke out. Europe remained calm. Thanks in large part to the lessons learned from the Berlin blockade, the character of the “Cold War” had completely changed.


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