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The Berlin Airlift: Feeding a City from the Sky
In Episode 227, we step away from the political maneuvering of Bismarck and the architectural debates of the Bauhaus to examine one of the most audacious logistical operations in history. Following the Potsdam Conference’s redrawing of borders, Germany was split into occupation zones, leaving West Berlin stranded deep inside the Soviet-controlled East. When Joseph Stalin imposed the Berlin Blockade in June 1948, cutting off all rail and road access to the city’s two million residents, the Western Allies faced an impossible choice: retreat or respond. This episode details the creation of the…
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