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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.
BibliographySee 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| learned about service to veterans after he was injured during the Berlin Airlift in 1948, and was cared for by devoted volunteers and the DAV. There were the monumental supply efforts of the Berlin Airlift, and the dogfights in "MiG Alley" in the skies over Korea. The White House also posted on its Web site a "freedom timeline" that spotlighted uplifting episodes in American history, such as the liberation of slaves via the Underground Railroad and the Berlin Airlift that brought humanitarian aid to trapped Germans at the end of World War II. |
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