Post-war era - Berlin Airlift 1948/49

Goods are loaded on trucks for the further transport to the blocked part of the city, at Berlin-Tempelhof airport. Picture taken during the Berlin Blockade 1948/49. 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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Airlift Blockade Blocked Circulation Currency Dealing Diet Discharge Discharging Dump Established Foods Freight Further Gesellschaft Groceries Imposed Labourer Labourers Loaded Nutrition Ramp Reform Tempelhof Transports Trucks Unloading Waterways

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