WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The crisis started on June 24, 1948, when Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin. The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first planes took off from England and western Germany on June 26, loaded with food, clothing, water, medicine and fuel. At the beginning of the operation, the planes delivered about 5, 000 tons of supplies to West Berlin every day; by the end, those loads had increased to about 8, 000 tons of supplies per day.

Detailed explanation-3: -Contents. The Berlin Blockade was an attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of the United States, Great Britain and France to travel to their respective sectors of the city of Berlin, which lay entirely inside Russian-occupied East Germany.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.