The Berlin Airlift was a military operation designed to provide food and supplies to the city of Berlin from 1948-1949. After World War II, German and the city of Berlin were divided into four sections, each controlled by a separate power: the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. Berlin was in the Soviet section of German and the Soviet Union wanted to take complete control of Berlin, so they blocked all of the roads and railways into Western Berlin in order to force the other nations to abandon the city. In response, the Western governments began flying supplies into the city in order to circumvent the Soviet blockade.
The Berlin Airlift was needed after WWII so that innocent German citizens would not starve to death, and that new money could be printed.
The population of West Berlin at the time of the blockade and airlift (1948-49) was about 2 million.
No. The Soviets instituted the Berlin blockade, so the allies initiated the Berlin airlift to get supplies to civilians inside the blockaded city.
The Berlin Airlift proved to the USSR the US would not let Berlin be cut off. The USSR wanted to starve Berlin into joining them.
The Berlin Airlift was in reaction to the Berlin Blockade. The United States and allies delivered supplies to West Berlin.
The Berlin Airlift was needed after WWII so that innocent German citizens would not starve to death, and that new money could be printed.
Not so much NATO's role in the Berlin Airlift, but the Berlin Airlift in the role of the forming of NATO is more important.
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The Berlin Airlift.
The population of West Berlin at the time of the blockade and airlift (1948-49) was about 2 million.
The Berlin Airlift
No. The Soviets instituted the Berlin blockade, so the allies initiated the Berlin airlift to get supplies to civilians inside the blockaded city.
The Berlin Airlift proved to the USSR the US would not let Berlin be cut off. The USSR wanted to starve Berlin into joining them.
No the Berlin airlift ended 1990.
Berlin Airlift
It was a Berlin airlift.
Harry Truman was the president when the airlift foiled the Soviet blockade of West Berlin.