The Airlift Begins
 AirBridge 

to Berlin
 Road to 

Confrontation
 Who's Who 

During Big 4
 Political Activity 

Resumes
 Who's Who 

in New Berlin Governments
 Background on 

Conflict with USSR
 Eye of the Storm
 Marshall Plan
 The Airlift Begins
 Pilots
 Chocolate Flier
 Grateful 

Berliners
 Lighter Side 

(Cartoons)
 "Operation Vittles" 

Gets Organized
 Winter Campaign
 Blockade Lifted
 Aftermath

1949 -- 1959
 Photo Collection

 

The Airlift Begins
Chapter section from:
Airbridge to Berlin ---  The Berlin Crisis of 1948,  its Origins and Aftermath 
By D.M. Giangreco and Robert E. Griffin
© 1988
(Used with permission)

A light dusting of snow covers surplus US Army vehicles of all types at Wurttemberg in the winter of 1946. The soldiers who operated them had long since returned to the United States.

A light dusting of snow covers surplus US Army vehicles of all types at Wurttemberg in the winter of 1946. The soldiers who operated them had long since returned to the United States.


 

 


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