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    The document summarizes the Berlin Airlift that occurred from June 1948 to May 1949 in response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin. The Soviets cut off access by land to the western sectors of Berlin, which were surrounded by Soviet-controlled East Germany. In response, the United States and its allies launched an massive airlift to supply West Berlin by plane and keep the city alive. Over a year, American and British planes delivered food, water, and other supplies to the 2 million residents of West Berlin until the Soviets finally lifted the blockade.

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    The document summarizes the Berlin Airlift that occurred from June 1948 to May 1949 in response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin. The Soviets cut off access by land to the western sectors of Berlin, which were surrounded by Soviet-controlled East Germany. In response, the United States and its allies launched an massive airlift to supply West Berlin by plane and keep the city alive. Over a year, American and British planes delivered food, water, and other supplies to the 2 million residents of West Berlin until the Soviets finally lifted the blockade.

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    The document summarizes the Berlin Airlift that occurred from June 1948 to May 1949 in response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin. The Soviets cut off access by land to the western sectors of Berlin, which were surrounded by Soviet-controlled East Germany. In response, the United States and its allies launched an massive airlift to supply West Berlin by plane and keep the city alive. Over a year, American and British planes delivered food, water, and other supplies to the 2 million residents of West Berlin until the Soviets finally lifted the blockade.

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    The Berlin Airlift

    “If we mean that we are to hold Europe against communism,


    we must not budge [from Berlin]. I believe the future of
    democracy requires us to stay here until forced out.” “I am
    ready to try an airlift. I can't guarantee it will work.
    Citations of sources

    • History.com
    • Wikipedia.com
    • The Berlin Blockade started in June 24, 1948 through May 12,
    1949.
    • U.S., British, and Soviet military forces were involved in the Berlin
    Airlift.
    • President Truman (USA); Winston Churchill(UK) and Josef
    Stalin (Soviet Union) were the people or leaders involved in the
    Berlin Blockade.
    • The main cause of the Berlin Blockade was the Cold War, which
    was just getting started. Stalin was taking over eastern Europe by
    salami tactics and Czechoslovakia had just turned Communist
    (March 1948). ... Stalin wanted to destroy Germany, and the USSR
    had been stripping East Germany of its wealth and machinery.
    • What happened was Germany was split into east and west
    Germany and occupied by the west and Russia.
    • No air plane from the west could fly to Berlin.
    • The Soviet reaction was fine because they were happy with it.
    • In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into
    West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food,
    water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city. For nearly a
    year, supplies from American planes sustained the over 2 million
    people in West Berlin.

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