Berlin+Airlift+-+Pittman

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//** Berlin Airlift **// ======

> > > > > > **// Captin Billy E. Phelps lost his live to help > free other //**
 * Who: Soviet Union has control over Berlin. The United States supports Berlin people. Pilots and aircrew came from Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand. 39 British, 31 American and 13 German civilians lost their life. Joseph Stalin to make Germany pay damage inflicted on the Soviet Union.
 * What: Americans flew over Berlin giving them supplies of food that would not fall in to communism. It cost the Americans 350 million for Airlift. Normal daily food was 2000 tons. It was 80 tons of cargo, including milk, flour, and medicine.
 * When: On June 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949. Allied aircraft landed every minute. The airlift continued for several more months after May 12, 1949.
 * Where: The United States dropped supplies in Berlin. The major Berlin airfields were Tempelhof in the American sector, Gatow on Havel River in the British sector andTegel which was built by army engineers.
 * Why: The Iron Curtain was a military, political, and ideological boundary dividing the Soviet bloc and Western Europe. The US and the other allies didn't want Russia to take complete control over Berlin, so they sent food and supplies into Berlin by air. The United States and the other allies had to fly over Berlin, because Russia had the Iron Curtain along the border.

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