# Berlin Airlift

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- Book: [Berlin Airlift](https://www.bookquiver.com/ann-tusa/berlin-airlift) ([Berlin Airlift.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ann-tusa/berlin-airlift.md))
- Authors: [Ann Tusa](https://www.bookquiver.com/ann-tusa), [John Tusa](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-tusa)
- Publisher: da_capo_press
- ISBN: 978-18-8511-958-2
- Pages: 1
- Published: 1998-07-22
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In summer 1948, the Russians occupied all of Eastern Europe. Behind Russian lines, the Allied-controlled part of the great city of Berlin stood as the lone Western outpost in a sea of Communist occupation. Then the Soviets closed all Allied traffic through their zone, sealing off the food and supply routes on which the city relied. A vast air armada streamed from Western airfields to supply the hard-pressed Berliners with food and necessities. For over a year the Americans led a gigantic,and successful,effort to keep an entire city alive in the face of Soviet hostility. This is a story of individual heroism and high brinkmanship politics, of daily life under appalling circumstances and great achievements against all odds.