0
Yes it was, See the link below
Wiki User
∙ 16y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What was Operation Vittles?
It was a Berlin airlift.
In 1948 when the Soviets closed all railways and roads leading to Berlin what method did President Truman use to deliver needed aid to Berlin?
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.
Operation Little Vittles refers to?
the entire planning and implementation of the Berlin Airlift
The Berlin airlift was president Truman's response to the?
Russians denying access to West Berlin through territory that they had take from Germany surrounding Berlin.
How did Mercedes Simon locate gail halvorsen after the Berlin airlift?
Mercedes Simon was a young German girl who lived in outskirts of Berlin during the days of Berlin Blockade and the monumental Berlin Airlift in its wake. Gail Halverson was a USAF pilot who flew during Berlin airlift and became famous for dropping candies for German children with parachutes. Mercedes wrote him a letter and explained him her address and requested for candy to be dropped in her backyard. He however, sent her candy through mail. 22 years later when Gail was stationed in Germany on an official assignment, Is invited by a young couple for dinner. It turned out that Mercedes was the his host and disclosed her identity and thanked him. Their story is described in famous book Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot by Theis Raven.
What happened to the Berlin blockade in 1948?
The Berlin Airlift
What is the population of Berlin during the Berlin Airlift-Blockade?
The population of West Berlin at the time of the blockade and airlift (1948-49) was about 2 million.
What were obstacles for the berlin airlift of 1948?
The Berlin Blockade (Airlift) lasted from June 1948 till May 1949. After the end of the blockade the allies continued to airlift essentials into West Berlin to order to have a stockpile, just in case the blockade was renewed (which didn't happen).
What was it called when the Soviets blocked the Allies' access to Berlin and the US had to airlift in supplies?
It was called the Berlin Blockade (June 1948 to May 1949) and the supply operation was known as the Berlin Airlift (June 1948 to September 1949).
Which of they were obstacles for the Berlin airlift of 1948?
Continuing the transport through the summer
What event 1948-1949 is illustrated by the cartoon from US History?
A. Berlin Airlift
Harry Truman approved an airlift to this blockaded city in 1948?
Berlin was the site of an air-lift that alleviated the Soviet Blockade in 1948-1949.
How effectlively did the world leaders respond to the Burlin Airlift?
The Berlin airlift was very successful and managed to keep the people with goods.
The Berlin airlift was president trumanns response to what?
The Berlin Airlift was in reaction to the Berlin Blockade. The United States and allies delivered supplies to West Berlin.
When the US flew things into the capital of Germany?
The Berlin airlift (Berliner Luftbrücke) was in 1948-1949
What years did Berlin Airlift it take place?
June 27, 1948 through May 12,1949
The Berlin airlift was conducted in 1948 and 1949 in response to?
Soviet action barring road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West
