Important dates and events:
Jan 1947- Britain and the USA join their two zones together.
Dec 1947- Britain, France and the USA meet to discuss Germany's future, Russia is not present. <-- London Conference.
Jan 1948- Russia starts to stop Western literature being sold in the Soviet zone.
Mar 1948- The USA offers Marshall Aid. Stalin forbids Cominform countries to take part.
Apr 1948- Russia imposes a partial blockade of west Berlin. Allied transport into the city has to apply for a permit and is inspected.
1 Jun 1948- The USA, Britain and France announce that they wanted to create a new country of West Germany.
23 Jun 1948- The 3 Allies introduce a new currency- this causes economic chaos in the Russian zone as everyone wants to change thier old money to the new currency.
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