Which of the following was a consequence of the Russian decision to cut off Western land access to Berlin in 1948?
A. The United States, France, and Britain relinquished their sectors of Berlin to the Soviet Union.
B. President Truman ordered a massive airlift of supplies to the isolated city.
C. The United States threatened to use the atomic bomb if access was not restored.
D. President Truman ordered an armored tank division through the Soviet zone of Germany to West Berlin.
Answer: B
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