Despite having run a mini-airlift to re-supply the American garrison for ten days in April, Clay was in no position to feed Berlin from the air. The United States Air Force had only 102 transport ...

Tempelhof Airport stands as a symbol of resilience in Berlin's tumultuous history ... the Candy Bomber resonates with visitors, reminding us of the human spirit's ability to bring light in ...

The Berlin blockade and subsequent airlift proved to be a public relations bonanza for the United States in the Cold War against the Soviet Union. The American military provided humanitarian ...

The Berlin Airlift is now premodern history. Why, then, do confident Germans increasingly dislike the United States? It is complicated. Since 1989, Germany has worked hard on its post-unification ...

A lack of basic goods like fuel and medicines. At the height of the Berlin Airlift, a plane landed at Berlin’s Templehof Airport every minute. Keeping West Berlin supplied in this way cost the ...

The two sides did not ever go to war. was over the city of Berlin. Berlin had been divided into four sectors (French, British, American and Russian) following the war and each country was ...