The Berlin Airlift began on June 26, 1948, only two days after the Soviet Union's blockade of West Berlin.

Written by Ian Gammon. Narration by Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. A textual version of this video is available at https://origins.osu.edu/read/berlin-airlift. Video production by Laura Seeger and Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle.

Additional resources:

To Save a City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 (https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781603440905/to-save-a-city/)

Berlin on the Brink: The Blockade, the Airlift, and the Early Cold War (https://www.kentuckypress.com/9780813136134/berlin-on-the-brink/)

"The Incomplete Blockade: Soviet Zone Supply of West Berlin, 1948–49" (https://www.jstor.org/stable/24913337)

"The Role of Britain in the Berlin Airlift"

(https://www.jstor.org/stable/24428813)

"The Berlin Blockade Revisited"

(https://www.jstor.org/stable/40105349)

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