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Jun 27, 2018 · American and British pilots ferried some 2.3 million tons of supplies into West Berlin on a total of 277,500 flights, in what would be the largest air relief operation in history. By: Sarah...
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Nov 24, 2009 · This Day In History: 08/13/1961 - Berlin is Divided. Shortly after midnight on August 13, 1961, East German soldiers begin laying down barbed wire and bricks as a barrier between...
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Jun 1, 2010 · Updated: November 9, 2022 | Original: June 1, 2010. 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...
Mar 9, 2011 · The Berlin Airlift was the name of an operation that carried supplies by plane to the Allied sectors of West Berlin over a Russian blockade in the late 1940s.
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Mar 4, 2010 · Two days after sealing off free passage between East and West Berlin with barbed wire, East German authorities begin building a wall—the Berlin Wall—to permanently close off access to the West.
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Nov 8, 2019 · According to the Berlin Wall Memorial, 140 people died at the Berlin Wall or were killed there in connection with the border. Another 251 travelers also died during or after passing through...
Nov 24, 2009 · On June 26, 1948, U.S. and British pilots begin delivering food and supplies by airplane to Berlin after the city is isolated by a Soviet Union blockade. When World War II ended in 1945, defeated...
