Airlift to Berlin 1948
A plane of the US Air Force is being unloaded on 28 June 1948 at Berlin-Tempelhof airport. 50 years ago, on 24 June 1948, the USSR imposed a blockade on Berlin as a reaction to the currency reform. All land and waterways were blocked for passenger and freight traffic between West Berlin and West Germany. The supply of the West Berlin population and the western allied occupation took place by an airlift established by the USA and Great Britain
Picture No
10646244
Media ID
45189110
Size
3472px x 4765px
(1.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / picture-alliance/ dpa
Date
28-Jun-48
