The Cold War is considered by historians to be one of the most prominent social and
political developments of the later Twentieth
Century and served to form the
political and economic alliances which impacted almost every aspect of modern life. The
development of the Cold War can be traced back nearly a century, but the event that triggered the outbreak of the Cold War itself is believed to be the Berlin Blockade. This paper investigates the causes of the Berlin Blockade and how this event came to pass, with reflection on how the Berlin Blockade helped chart the development of the Cold War itself.