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The Berlin Airlift: The Cold War Mission to Save a City

By John Tusa , Ann Tusa

Book information

Publisher
Skyhorse
ISBN
1510740619, 978-1510740617
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
18 MB (18928116 bytes)
Edition
Original retail
Pages
480\0
Topic
History
Time added
2019-07-23 11:44:40
History of Russia & Former Soviet Republics

Description

How the Allies kept the population of West Berlin alive in the face of a Russian blockade. In the summer of1948, the Russians occupied all of Eastern Europe. Behind Russian lines, the Allied-controlled part of the great city of Berlin stood as the lone Western outpost in a sea of Communist occupation. Then the Soviets closed all Allied traffic through their zone, sealing off the food and supply routes on which the city relied. A vast air armada streamed from Western airfields to supply the hard-pressed Berliners with food and necessities. For over a year the Americans led a gigantic—and successful—effort to keep an entire city alive in the face of Soviet hostility. With strong insight into the characters of Ernest Bevin, General Clay, Dean Acheson, and Robert Schumann, and now with a foreword by former British minister to Berlin Sir Michael Burton, this a story of individual heroism and high brinkmanship politics, of daily life under appalling circumstances, and great achievements against all odds.

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