The Russian's wanted the western sectors so they decided to starve them out by not letting anything in. The Western nations decided to fly in supplies for nearly a year before the Russians gave in. My uncle flew the airlift.
President Harry Truman.
Eisenhower
President Truman did this to prevent Stalin from taking over the city. Stalin blocked supplies to Berlin to force the US and British to abandon it.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman ordered supplies to be airlifted into West Berlin. This was done to prevent West Berlin from being overtaken by the Soviet Union.
Truman
President Ronald Reagan
The Russians wanted the western sectors so they wouldn't allow food and supplies into Berlin. The airlift provided food and supplies for West Berlin for nearly a year.
President Harry Truman. -Chapter 22 of The American Vision by Glencoe.
Because Russia had taken over East Berlin, the supplies coming from West Berlin to East Berlin had been cut off, leaving the people in East Berlin with virtually no supplies. The Berlin Airlift was then enacted as a sort of brinkmanship as well as to give East Berliners their items.
Harry Truman
Began to airlift supplies to Berlin (:A+
President Truman responded to the blockade by sending planeloads of much-needed supplies to West Berlin. For more information on the Berlin Airlift consult the online Truman Library and Museum by following the link below.