| Description |
1 online resource (350 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword For the New Edition 2008; Word of Thanks; Foreword; Introduction; What is an Airlift?; The Precursors; Demyansk; Stalingrad; The Hump; The Berlin Airlift 1948/49; The Geographical Conditions; The Airports; The Technical Conditions; Maintenance and Repair; The Aircrews; Ground-controlled Approach; The Easter Parade 1949; Epilogue; Appendix; Bibliography; Questionnaire For US Pilots; Index |
| Summary |
HauptbeschreibungOn 24 June 1948 Lucius D. Clay, the Commanding General of the American Forces in Europe, ordered that all disposable transport aircraft should be made available for flights to Berlin. His order marked the beginning of the largest ever humanitarian supply campaign carried out entirely by air transport, the Berlin Airlift. Clay was well aware of the political significance of his decision. The aim was to overcome the blockade mounted by the Soviet Union by supplying the western sectors of the city via air corridors. The political and historical background of the Berlin Airlift hav |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
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| SUBJECT |
Berlin (Germany) -- History -- Blockade, 1948-1949.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013346
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| Subject |
Germany -- Berlin
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783830526773 |
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3830526776 |
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