Launching the Airlift

Unknown History with Giles Milton by Macmillan Holdings, LLC

Sep 22, 20218:48Society & Culture

The Berlin Airlift saved the city from starvation during the Russian blockade of 1948. But supplying over two million people for over a year via airplane was a Herculean feat that almost didn't happen. Unknown History de...

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