COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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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: -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-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Joseph Stalin, the Soviet leader, imposed the Berlin Blockade from 24 June 1948 to 12 May 1949, cutting off all land and river transit between West Berlin and West Germany.
Detailed explanation-5: -The only way to get food into West Berlin was by air. As the population began to go hungry, the Western powers started flying supplies into the city around the clock. They even dropped chocolate over the city-in tiny individual parachutes.