True. The Berlin Airlift was a direct response to the USSR cutting off supply routes. By doing this, the U.S. and Great Britain were able to get supplies to people in need who wouldn't have gotten them any other way.
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The Berlin Airlift. Please note that Britain and France also had their sectors in Berlin and played an important part in the Airlift.
Began to airlift supplies to Berlin
Britain, France, and the US decided to combine the German zones they controlled.
The significance of the Berlin Airlift was that it showed the Soviet Union that the western Allies would not abandon the citizens of West Berlin and were prepared to go to extraordinary lengths to maintain their independence. With the Berlin Blockade in place, the Soviets had expected the Western allies to abandon the city but underestimated the Britain and America's determination to supply their troops and the civilian population of Berlin.After the airlift began the Soviets claimed it would never work and the subsequent success of the Airlift was a great humiliation for them.For more information, check out the related question below.
By the berlin airlift, we flew in supplies by airplane
To prevent all of Berlin from coming communist
A continuous airlift of goods from Western Germany to Berlin.
The Berlin Crisis of 1961 began with the Soviet Union building a wall between East and West Berlin. The Soviets shut off access to West Berlin. The Allies responded with the Berlin Airlift and the crisis was resolved.
They did the Berlin airlift and flew in supplies to the city. My uncle was one of the pilots. They did this over a year.
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.
The U.S response to the Soviet blockade was sending srms to Berlin by planes, therefor allowing them to fight back. The United States along with Britain and other countries send food, supplies, etc. They had continued this for about a year.