Answer:
The Airlift. Airlifting supplies to people in West Berlin.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Soviet blockade of West Berlin began on June 24, 1948. Two days later, on June 26, 1948, the United States and the United Kingdom began airlifting food and fuel to West Berlin from Allied airbases in West Germany.
The Berlin Airlift lasted until the Soviets lifted the blockade in 1949. For this item the student applies critical-thinking skills to summarize.
In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city.
For nearly a year, supplies from American planes sustained the over 2 million people in West Berlin.
the Soviet Union blocked all road and rail travel to and from West Berlin, which was located within the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany.
The Soviet action was in response to the refusal of American and British officials to allow Russia more say in the economic future of Germany.
The U.S. government was shocked by the provocative Soviet move, and some in President Harry S. Truman’s administration called for a direct military response.
Truman, however, did not want to cause World War III. Instead, he ordered a massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin.
On June 26, 1948, the first planes took off from bases in England and western Germany and landed in West Berlin.
It was a daunting logistical task to provide food, clothing, water, medicine, and other necessities of life for the over 2 million fearful citizens of the city.
For nearly a year, American planes landed around the clock. Over 200,000 planes carried in more than one-and-a-half million tons of supplies.