48.2k views
1 vote
The purpose of the year-long Berlin airlift was to?

2 Answers

3 votes
To supply American planes sustained the over 2 million people in West Berlin.
User Komi Golov
by
8.9k points
6 votes

Answer: The crisis started on June 24, 1948, when Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin. The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany.

Step-by-step explanation:↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑

User Joe Lehmann
by
7.8k points