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Tempelhof (tĕm`pəlhôf), district of Berlin, Germany. A workers' residential quarter and a film-production center, it became part of the U.S. occupation sector after 1945. The district includes Tempelhof Airport, on the site of the former imperial parade ground where Germany's first airplane flight took place. As Tempelhof Field, the airport was the main terminal of the Berlin airlift 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 ..... Click the link for more information. during the Soviet blockade (June, 1948–May, 1949) of West Berlin, and was considerably enlarged. It was West Berlin's chief airport until the mid-1970s. There is a monument (built 1951) commemorating the U.S. and British airmen who died during the airlift. 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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| SN Brussels Airlines will add a fifth daily frequency on its Brussels-Berlin Tempelhof route as it anticipates increased demand owing to Germany's January ascendancy to the EU presidency. In 1945, bombastic constructions like Berlin-Tempelhof Airport were taken over gladly by the new authorities, in particular by the Americans; in the collective memory Tempelhof is by no means associated with "megalomania and terror" but--since the Airlift 1948/49--with "freedom and democracy. Without radical new technologies, we cannot expect to see the close integration of city and airport that was attempted in '30s experiments like Tempelhof and Croydon. |
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