POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
BERLIN AIRLIFT
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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America’s plan to get rid of the Berlin Wall
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Necessary for supply of food and fuel to people of West Berlin
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Rescuing Berliners
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A plan for freeing East Berlin from communism
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Detailed explanation-1: -In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city. For nearly a year, supplies from American planes sustained the over 2 million people in West Berlin.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why was the Berlin Airlift necessary? The Berlin airlift was necessary to keep millions of German citizens from starving and freezing to death during the Berlin Blockade. Allied soldiers dropped supplies such as food, water, clothing, and coal from airplanes to help the people of West Berlin survive.
Detailed explanation-3: -The United States and Great Britain responded by organizing an airlift, codenamed “Operation Vittles, ” that supplied the people of West Berlin from the air with food, fuel, and clothing on a ‘round-the-clock basis. It was one of the first battles of will between the Americans and Soviets at the dawn of the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-4: -The only way to supply the city was by the three air corridors into Berlin from Hamburg, Hanover and Frankfurt. Britain, the United States and other Western Allies flew aircrafts of supplies into Berlin’s Tempelhof, Gatow and Tegal airports.