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The main cause of the Berlin Blockade was the Cold War, which was just getting started. Stalin was taking over eastern Europe by salami tactics and Czechoslovakia had just turned Communist (March 1948). On the other side, the USA had just adopted the Truman Doctrine to contain the USSR.
Why did the Berlin Airlift take place? The Soviet Union wanted to exert complete control of West Berlin so all rail, road an water links to the Allied sectors of Berlin were closed. The UK and US did not want to lo â¦ se control so they sent food and supplies into Berlin by air.