Airlift Berlin

A British airboat type Sunderland has landed on Havel river, with food on board, in July 1948. 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

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Airboat Airlift Blockade Blocked Currency Established Freight Havel Imposed Landed Reform Sunderland Waterways

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