Unloading an airplane, Gatow Airport, Berlin 1948

A generator set being unloaded from a York aircraft at Gatow Airport, during the Berlin Airlift, 1948. Between April 1948 and May 1949 Stalin, leader of the USSR, imposed a land blockade on supplies from Western Europe to West Berlin. In response the British and American governments organised an enormous airlift to supply food and other essentials to the 2.5 million inhabitants of West Berlin. After a year Stalin conceded defeat and lifted the land blockade

Airlift Blockade Conceded Enormous Essentials Gatow Generator Governments Imposed Inhabitants Lifted Organised Response Unloaded Unloading

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