The Berlin Airlift was in reaction to the Berlin Blockade. The United States and allies delivered supplies to West Berlin.
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the Soviet blockade of West Berlin
airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin.
The U.S.S.R. did not have a president. The leader of the country was the General Secretary of the Communist Party, which was Joseph Stalin at the time of the Berlin Airlift.
Soviet action barring road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West
The population of West Berlin at the time of the blockade and airlift (1948-49) was about 2 million.
No. The Soviets instituted the Berlin blockade, so the allies initiated the Berlin airlift to get supplies to civilians inside the blockaded city.
Britain, France, and the US decided to combine the German zones they controlled.