When:
June 24, 2017 all-day
2017-06-24T00:00:00-06:00
2017-06-25T00:00:00-06:00
Where:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/berlin_airlift/large/
June 24, 1948. In the early days of the Cold War the Soviet Union challenged the Wests right of access to Berlin. The Soviets created a blockade, and an airlift to supply some 2,250,000 people resulted. The airlift lasted a total of 321 days and brought into Berlin 1,592,787 tons of supplies. Joseph Stalin finally backed down and the blockade ended May 12, 1949.
