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The Berlin Airlift: How Candy Bombers Saved a City
In June 1948, the Soviet Union blockaded all land and water routes into West Berlin, hoping to starve the city into submission. Western allies faced a choice: abandon Berlin or fight a war. Instead, they launched the Berlin Airlift, a colossal operation that flew in food, coal, and medicine around the clock for nearly a year. This episode tells the story of that unprecedented humanitarian effort—the logistics, the pilots known as 'Candy Bombers' who dropped handkerchief parachutes with sweets for children, and the Berliners who rebuilt Tempelhof Airport by hand. We look at the men…
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