Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
In 1948, the Berlin airlift became the first visible symbol of the Cold War, the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that would divide the world. It answered the Berlin Blockade imposed by the Soviets and turned into a humanitarian mission lasting more than a year. It was both the consequence and the accelerator of the split between East Berlin and West Berlin.
Some images endure: planes landing without pause, children perched on the rubble to watch them, a pilot dropping candy by parachute. Carried by the press, they won America future allies and would outlive the whole Cold War. Why did a capital city have to be fed from the sky?
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- 2Germany carved into four zones
- 3From allies to enemies: the East-West split
- 4The blockade and the airlift
- 5From the Wall to its fall: the legacy of 1948
Open-book quiz8 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary7 terms explained in a tap.
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