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Berlin airlift, 1948–49, supply of vital necessities to West Berlin by air transport primarily under U.S. auspices. It was initiated in response to a land and water blockade of the city that had been instituted by the Soviet Union in the hope that the Allies would be forced to abandon West Berlin. The massive effort to supply the 2 million West Berliners with food and fuel for heating began in June, 1948, and lasted until Sept., 1949, although the Russians lifted the blockade in May of that year. During the around-the-clock airlift some 277,000 flights were made, many at 3-min intervals. By spring, 1949, an average of 8,000 tons was being flown in daily. More than 2 million tons of goods—of which coal accounted for about two thirds—were delivered.

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See A. and J. Tusa, The Berlin Airlift (1988).

Berlin Airlift

free world’s circumvention of Soviet blockade (1948–1949). [Eur. Hist.: Van Doren, 519]

See : Aid, Governmental

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Harry Truman's approval of the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49 saved lives; John F.

Obama's absence; Berlin is center stage for freedom by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

Now he has joined 500 people to remember the dead at a ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum, in Alrewas, Staffordshire, marking the 60th anniversary of the operation The grandfather, a member of the Berlin Airlift Association, said: "I suppose it was a case of coals to Berlin rather than coals to Newcastle.

Mercy mission recalled; Heroes of Berlin remembered 60 years later by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

Britain marked the 60th anniversary of the Berlin airlift with a ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum on Saturday, where veterans were told their sacrifices had not been forgotten.

Nation remembers Berlin airlift by AFP / AFP European Edition

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