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Berlin Airlift
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Berlin Airlift (June 22, 1948–May 12, 1949) a combined effort by the U.S. Air Force and the
RAF to evade the Soviet blockade of the occupation zones. The airlift brought in the 4,500 tons Berlin needed daily to support its industry and the city's population of two million. The airlift planes (two-thirds American and one-third British) were harassed by Soviet planes, but were not shot at.
The time for loading the planes was a mere hour and 25 minutes, while unloading in Berlin took only 49 minutes. By the end of the blockade, 1,783,000 tons had been lifted, with thirty-one lives lost in 12 fatal accidents.
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BERLIN AIRLIFT VETS RETURN TO GERMANY FOR ANNIVERSARY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 6/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...Germany at the start of the Berlin Airlift, not the historical...missions he flew over Berlin and being a 20-year...think about (the Berlin Airlift) much," he said...the importance of the Berlin Airlift. "At this point...
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Sen. DeMint Introduces Resolution Concerning Berlin Airlift Anniversary
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift and honoring the veterans...record for the Berlin Airlift; Whereas 39 British...sacrifice during the Berlin Airlift, and 8 British...228 total flights into Berlin; Whereas the Soviet...
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Berlin Airlift re-enacted with candy drop
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 5/13/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...operation that kept West Berlin out of Soviet hands...blockade strangling West Berlin. More than 100,000...French veterans of the airlift who were on hand at Tempelhof...that took part in the airlift laid wreaths Tuesday...base in West Germany to Berlin during the airlift...
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Berlin Airlift remembered, key moment in Cold War
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/12/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...operation that kept West Berlin out of Soviet hands...blockade strangling West Berlin. More than 100,000...French veterans of the airlift who were on hand at Tempelhof...that took part in the airlift laid wreaths Tuesday...base in West Germany to Berlin during the airlift...
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TRIUMPH OF SPIRIT' HONORS BERLIN AIRLIFT
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 6/9/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...people, including more than 20 Berlin Airlift veterans, here May 26. The original...commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift for an audience of international...the Air Force's salute to the Berlin Airlift. The production featured...
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Berlin Airlift /Veterans remembered.
M2 Presswire; 5/13/2009; 700+ words
; ...May 2009-UK Government: Berlin Airlift |Veterans remembered(C...Ministry of Defence at the Berlin Airlift Memorial in Staffordshire...Berlin Blockade, before the Airlift started, West Berlin had just thirty-five days...
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Remembering The Berlin Airlift, 60 Years Later
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 9/14/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...2008 Remembering The Berlin Airlift, 60 Years Later Host...imposed a blockade on West Berlin, American and British...lost their lives in the airlift, as well as 39 Britons...is with his mom in Berlin. He never really knew...
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-U.S. POSTAL SERVICE: U.S. stamp commemorating Berlin Airlift issued
M2 Presswire; 6/29/1998; 700+ words
; ...POSTAL SERVICE: U.S. stamp commemorating Berlin Airlift issued (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...The address for the Berlin cancellation is: BERLIN AIRLIFT 50TH ANNIVERSARY BERLIN STATION POSTMASTER PSC 120 BOX 50 APO AE 09265...
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-U.S. AIR FORCE: 'Triumph of Spirit' honors Berlin Airlift
M2 Presswire; 6/10/1998; 700+ words
; ...Triumph of Spirit' honors Berlin Airlift (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...for loading. A young Berlin girl cries out to her...performers saluted Berlin Airlift veterans, the audience...flight engineer during the Berlin Airlift. "I've quizzed...
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To Save a City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949.(Review)
Magazine article from: Air Power History; 6/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Save a City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949. By...Berlin. It allowed airlift forces to hone to...observes that the Berlin Airlift served to...combat. Military airlift can be used in every...national resource, the Berlin Airlift demonstrated...
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Berlin Airlift
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Berlin Airlift █ ADRIENNE WILMOTH...the control of Allied nations. Berlin, the nation's key city, was...France, organized a massive airlift to feed and supply the sectors of West Berlin under their control. Military...
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Berlin airlift
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Berlin airlift 1948-49, supply of vital necessities to West Berlin by air transport primarily under U.S. auspices...hope that the Allies would be forced to abandon West Berlin. The massive effort to supply the 2 million West Berliners...
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Berlin Blockade and Airlift
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Berlin Blockade and Airlift (1948–1949).On 24 June...from the western zones of Germany into Berlin. In reaction, the three Western occupying...third world war. The Soviets acted in Berlin in response to the London decisions...
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Berlin Crises
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...however, in 1990, when Germany reunified and Berlin's occupation ended. [See also Berlin Airlift ; Cold War: External Course ; Germany, U...Involvement in. ] Bibliography Jack Schick , The Berlin Crisis, 1958–1962 , 1971. Marc...
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Berlin
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Berlin Berlin airlift an operation by British and American aircraft to airlift food and supplies to Berlin in 1948–9, while Russian forces blockaded the city to isolate...
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