The two sides did not ever go to war. was over the city of Berlin. Berlin had been divided into four sectors (French, British, American and Russian) following the war and each country was ...
The Airlift was one of the most successful humanitarian missions ever conducted by the U.S. military. The dichotomy between the success of the Berlin Airlift and the battle over humanitarian aid ...
March 31: The Soviets demand inspection of all Western military trains going to and from Berlin. Clay refuses to comply and halts train shipments, starting a mini-airlift to re-supply the roughly ...
At the beginning of the airlift, the conventional wisdom on both the Allied and Soviet sides was that Berlin could not be supplied indefinitely by air, that it would only be a matter of time ...
The Western Allies organized the Berlin airlift (26 June 1948–30 September 1949) to carry supplies to the people of West Berlin, a difficult feat given the size of the city’s population.
Donald Butterfield — seen here with Clarence. Clarence soon became a mascot for Operation Vittles — also known as the Berlin Airlift — as people would deposit gifts and candy for the Berlin ...