jun 11, 1948 - Berlin Airlift (June 1948 - May 1949)

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Berlin = symbolic issue for both sides, Test of wills btwn Wash & Moscow; Amer organize this - Amer pilots ferry thousands of tons of supplies a day to Berliners - former enemies;

W. Euro like vivid demonstration of US honoring commitments to Euro; USSR finally lift blockade (May 1949) - gov't of E. & W Germany formally est.

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