Answer:
The Berlin Blockade was an effort by the Soviet Union to push the rest of the Allies out of East Germany.
Explanation:
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major Cold War crises that took place between 1948 and 1949 in Berlin.
As time passed since the end of World War II, relations between the Soviet Union and the Western Allies deteriorated, which was reflected in discussions about the future of Germany. The immediate cause of the crisis was currency reform, carried out without consultation with the USSR by the Western Allies in their occupation zones. The Soviet Union was afraid that it would lose economic control over its part of Germany, and on the night of June 23 to 24, the occupation authorities of the Soviet zone ordered the blockade of Berlin's western sectors and cut off electricity supplies. In response, the Western powers began to create an air bridge.
The blockade lasted almost 11 months and ended with the victory of the Western powers. At the beginning of May 1949, the Soviet authorities, in view of the fiasco of their policies, decided to lift the blockade (this decision was also influenced by the creation of NATO, which was a demonstration of the strength of Western countries). It ended on May 12, although the airlift flights continued for several months.
