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Harry S. Truman

The Allies initiated the Berlin Airlift

Friday Jun 25, 1948
Berlin, Germany

On June 25, the Allies initiated the Berlin Airlift, a campaign to deliver food, coal and other supplies using military aircraft on a massive scale. Nothing like it had ever been attempted before, and no single nation had the capability, either logistically or materially, to accomplish it.


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