What if in responding to the rising Cold War and unwelcome western moves in Germany, Stalin quickly discards the idea of blockading Berlin after determining it will not bring any desirable results?
How will the lack of this direct and rather pointless confrontation affect world politics in 1948 and 1949?
How does it affect the early Cold War , German politics and American politics?
without the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin airlift, the direct standoff between the occupying powers of Germany and the implied threat of a new word war, might other contemporary conflicts have garnered more news coverage and policymaker attention?
Contemporary conflicts included the Arab Israeli war, the Chinese Civil War, the Greek Civil War, the Tito Stalin split, the French War in Indochina and the Dutch expulsion from Indonesia.