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The Berlin Airlift: Wings Over a Blocked City
In the winter of 1948, Soviet forces blockaded West Berlin, cutting off all land and water routes to the city’s two million residents. With food and coal running out, General Lucius D. Clay authorized Operation Vittles, a massive airlift coordinated by the US Air Force and British Royal Air Force. Led by Major Gail Halvorsen, known as the Candy Bomber, pilots flew continuous missions into Tempelhof Airport to keep the city alive. This episode explores the logistical miracle that defied Joseph Stalin’s blockade, the human cost of the operation, and how it cemented the Cold War divide while…
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