Berlin Airlift
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History
- Subcategories: Humanitarian Aid, Disaster Relief, Cold War
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, 20th & 21st Century European History, British History, German History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Berlin
- Date: June 24, 1948-May, 1949
Article abstract: The Berlin Airlift allows the United States and Britain to provide relief to West Berlin in the face of Soviet attempts to cut off West Berlin from the zones of Germany administered by the Western Allies.
Summary of Event
The most important and dramatic European confrontation of the United States and the Soviet Union in the formative period of the Cold War was the blockade of Berlin and the airlift that subsequently resulted. The Soviet challenge to the West’s rights of access to Berlin seems to have been designed not only to expel...
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