Berlin Blockade & Airlift (jun 26, 1948 – may 12, 1949)
Description:
The Soviet Union blocked the United States, Great Britain and France from traveling to their respective Western sectors of the city of Berlin, which lay entirely inside Russian-occupied East Germany.Some of 2.5 million civilians had no access to food, medicine, fuel, electricity, and other basic goods.
Western powers began an airlift that lasted nearly a year and delivered vital supplies and relief to West Berlin.
The Allies responded with a massive airlift, which supplied the city with food, fuel, and other essential goods.
In the end, the USSR failed to force the Western powers out of Berlin.
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Date:
jun 26, 1948
may 12, 1949
~ 10 months