Picture No | 10219888 |
Date | 1949 |
Description | The Millionth Ton of Supplies reaches Berlin, 1949 |
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Flight Lieutenant K.J. Ryall of the Royal Air Force handing a sack, representing the millionth short ton of supplies to be flown into Berlin during the airlift, to Dr. Klingelhofer, the economic member of the Western Berlin Magistrat, 18th February 1949. Between April 1948 and May 1949 Josef 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.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 1949, page 265 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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