Nation to Republic Amid all the political uncertainty of the
first few years after WWII, tension began to grow between the
three western allies (USA, UK & France) and the Soviet Union.
With the communists beginning to notice the stark contrast
between the two ways of life in Berlin, it became evident that
some sort of control over their sector would have to be
asserted. The Soviets started to increase their grip on movement
(especially military) around the city to the stage where the
poor Americans were experiencing increasing difficulties in
spreading propoganda and carrying out their intelligence
manouevres. The Soviets intimated several times that the whole
of Berlin should be under their control and several vain
attempts were made in that direction. With pride and democracy
at stake, the USA knew that any withdrawal from Berlin would be
read as a sign of their weakness on their part and one which
would end up in rather an embarrassing press conference. On June
15th, 1948 the Soviets made their move in an