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The Blockade Breakers The Berlin Airlift
in 24 June 1948 the Soviet Union abruptly closed all land and water access to the Western Sectors of Berlin. Over 2 million civilians, dependent on the surrounding territory and the West for food, fuel, and other basic goods, were suddenly cut off from all necessities of life.
The Western Allies had the option of either withdrawing their garrisons and allowing the Soviet Union to take control of the entire city, or of trying to supply the city by air. Never before in history had 2 million people been
supplied exclusively by air. None of the senior military commanders believed it could be done.
But the political leadership in London and Washington insisted that it must be done. A withdrawal from Berlin would discredit the West at a critical moment in history, when the Soviet Union was
expanding aggressively across Europe. Worse, it would endanger the political stability and economic recovery of all of Europe. So one of the largest and most ambitious humanitarian efforts in history was set in motion. It began without the West really knowing what the Berliners needed in order to survive
expanding aggressively across Europe. Worse, it would endanger the political stability and economic recovery of all of Europe. So one of the largest and most ambitious humanitarian efforts in history was set in motion. It began without the West really knowing what the Berliners needed in order to survive
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