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Began to airlift supplies to Berlin
The Berlin Airlift was in reaction to the Berlin Blockade. The United States and allies delivered supplies to West Berlin.
Soviet action barring road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West
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Russians denying access to West Berlin through territory that they had take from Germany surrounding Berlin.
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.
create the Berlin Airlift and supply the city with food & fuel by plane from June 24th 1948 to May 11th, 1949
The Berlin Airlift was the US program to remain influential in West Berlin, Germany in response to the Soviet embargo - blocking incoming goods from West Germany to West Berlin. The airlift provided necessary goods and supplies to the residents of the city for two years, until the Soviets rescinded the trade barrier. People involved could be directly the Germans of West Berlin, the Soviets, and the Americans (specifically Harry Truman, the President at the time who gave support to the airlift).
The Berlin Airlift.
The Berlin airlift took place after the soviet union were fed up with western influence in East Germany. The Russian response was the cut off, all road and rail connection into Berlin, to prevent the allies (England, France, United States) from supplying their sectors of berlin.
The population of West Berlin at the time of the blockade and airlift (1948-49) was about 2 million.