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berlin blockade & airlift heightened tensions
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what was the primary goal of the berlin blockade imposed by the soviet union in 1948?
who was the american military governor of the u.s. zone in germany and a key figure in organizing the berlin airlift?
which term, coined by winston churchill, referred to the ideological and physical division of europe between the western democracies and the eastern bloc controlled by the soviet union?

Explanation:

1. The Soviet Union's 1948 Berlin Blockade aimed to force Western powers out of West Berlin, gaining full control of the city by cutting off all land and water access routes.
2. Lucius D. Clay was the U.S. military governor of the American zone in Germany and led the planning and execution of the Berlin Airlift to supply West Berlin.
3. Winston Churchill used the term "Iron Curtain" in a 1946 speech to describe the ideological and physical split between Western democratic Europe and Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe.

Answer:

1. The primary goal of the 1948 Berlin Blockade by the Soviet Union was to drive the Western Allied powers (United States, Britain, and France) out of West Berlin, so that the Soviet Union could gain full control over the entire city of Berlin.
2. The American military governor of the U.S. Zone in Germany and a key figure in organizing the Berlin Airlift was Lucius D. Clay.
3. The term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the ideological and physical division of Europe between Western democracies and the Soviet-controlled Eastern bloc is the "Iron Curtain".