Youtube Berlin Blockade And Airlift
The berlin airlift the cold war mission to save a city duration.
Youtube berlin blockade and airlift. The berlin blockade 24 june 1948 12 may 1949 was one of the first major international crises of the cold war during the multinational occupation of post world war ii germany the soviet union blocked the western allies railway road and canal access to the sectors of berlin under western control. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Mark felton productions 654 356 views. Despite dire shortages of fuel and electricity the airlift kept life going in west berlin for 11 months until on may 12 1949 the soviet union lifted the blockade.
The airlift continued until september 30 at a total cost of 224 million and after delivery of 2 323 738 tons of food fuel machinery and other supplies. The soviets offered to drop the blockade if the western allies withdrew the newly. The end to the.