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Originally Posted by Raellus
It's a moot point now, but in my T2K, W. Berlin would have already been weakened by at least a couple of months of no electricity, running water, or food/medical supply deliveries, making it a bit softer a nut to crack, regardless of who does the final cracking.
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Not necessarily.
The division of Berlin caused some problems in the early years, but in regards to electricity and water supply West Berlin was relatively self-sufficient.
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/compa...ag-ag-history/
https://books.google.ie/books?id=8Vq...berlin&f=false
http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.d...11_01.htm#Tab1
In regards to food and medical supplies, it would be obviously less sufficient as there was not much space for an agricultural industry. But I think West Berlin would have been expecting a Soviet blockade throughout its history, and I am sure there were sizeable stockpiles of food and medical supplies built up over the years. Certainly the Allied garrisons would have been planning for it. So with a bit of rationing and without any major attack on it I think it could have survived for two months even without air supplies from the west.