The Berlin Blockade/Airlift 1948
Began with currency reforms to West Germany
Russians block the transportation routes into Berlin
Allies had to decide to give up Berlin or make other plans. War?
Instead the US decided on a massive airlift to supply the western half of the city
One aircraft lands every two minutes for fifteen months
It became a public relations victory and shows of US industrial might
One cause for the formation of NATO
Russians block the transportation routes into Berlin
Allies had to decide to give up Berlin or make other plans. War?
Instead the US decided on a massive airlift to supply the western half of the city
One aircraft lands every two minutes for fifteen months
It became a public relations victory and shows of US industrial might
One cause for the formation of NATO