All of the following are true about the Berlin Airlift except
A. it was accompanied by a publicly stated American threat to use atomic weapons on Moscow if Soviet planes attacked allied aircraft.
B. it was a result of Stalin's effort to prevent the creation of a separate West German state.
C. it resulted in an increase of tension between the superpowers.
D. it provided Berlin with daily supplies.
E. it did not block the separation of Germany into two states in 1949.
Answer: A
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