The Berlin Airlift
President Truman decided to continue flying supplies into West Berlin. This historic event became known as the Berlin Airlift. The British joined in the effort. The airlift lasted for more than a year. (Use BACK button after viewing each picture.)
Click here to see a picture President Truman wrote in his book, Memoirs, "The longer the blockade continued, the more the technical efficiency of the airlift improved and the more people of Germany looked toward the West to strengthen them in their determination to remain free. Berlin had become a symbol of America's and the West's - - - - dedication to the cause of freedom."
of a young child during the airlift.Click here to see pictures of people in West Berlin
expressing their gratitude to the pilots.Click here to see an article
that tells about a special candy mission.Click here to see pictures of some
of the airplanes used in the Berlin Airlift.The leaders of the Soviet Union saw that the blockade would not succeed. The blockade was lifted on May 12, 1949.
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