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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.
Following the closure of land access to West Berlin in 1948 by Stalin the Americans, French and British organised the provision of supplies by aeroplane. This was known as "The Berlin Airlift".
President Truman started sending planes filled with supplies in the summer of 1948.Planes flew none stop to the for almost a year sending Berlin food and water as well as supplies during the cold winters. The Berlin Airlift made more than 200,000 flights for eleven months until the Soviets lifted the blockade on Berlin in May of 1949.
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman was elected president in 1948
Berlin was the site of an air-lift that alleviated the Soviet Blockade in 1948-1949.
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In 1948, President Harry S. Truman used an executive order to integrate the
In 1948, President Harry S. Truman used an executive order to integrate the
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