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Berlin Airlift (1948–49)
On the Cold War map as “The Berlin Airlift”
Jun 1948–May 1949 — Stalin cuts every road and rail line to West Berlin. The answer lands every 90 seconds: 277,000 flights, 2.3 million tons, for 323 days — until the blockade quietly lifts.
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- Marshall Plan and Berlin Blockade (chapter 2 of Cold War)
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- The Cold War, 1945–1991
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- Refugee crises
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