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Base of the Berlin Airlift Monument in Berlin-Tempelhof with inscription "They gave their lives for the freedom of Berlin in service of the Berlin Airlift 1948/49
June 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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NEW EPISODE - The #BerlinAirlift #Victories, Myths, and the #BerlinBlockade

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November 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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NEW EPISODE - The #BerlinAirlift #Victories, Myths, and the #BerlinBlockade

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December 4, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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#History Brief: #BerlinAirlift youtu.be/UVAaVEoxqmg?...
History Brief: The Berlin Airlift
YouTube video by Reading Through History
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November 16, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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NEW EPISODE - The #BerlinAirlift #Victories, Myths, and the #BerlinBlockade

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December 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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NEW EPISODE - The #BerlinAirlift #Victories, Myths, and the #BerlinBlockade

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December 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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So feiert Berlin mit dutzenden "Rosinenbombern" den 70. Jahrestag der #Luftbrücke: garnicht. Originale Vollidioten! #BerlinAirlift
November 9, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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The Berlin Airlift ended on this day in 1949, a massive air operation that defied a Soviet blockade and became a defining moment of the Cold War. ✈️ #RandomFact #DailyFact #ColdWar #History #BerlinAirlift
September 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
annevanmourik.bsky.social
💫 New article!
We know the #BerlinAirlift as a heroic tale, but many Germans were critical of U.S. food aid. Some even claimed Americans used powdered milk for baseball lines⚾
To what extent did more negative tales ended up in #textbooks and contrasted the dominant story?
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Textbooks, hunger, and humanitarian narratives: representations of U.S. food policies to Germany on a regional scale (1949–89) - Journal of Transatlantic Studies
This article investigates the significance of United States (U.S.) post-WWII food aid to Germany in West German textbooks from a regional angle during the Cold War period. Previous studies have predom...
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November 15, 2024 at 9:32 AM
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Ever wonder why America's largest freighter didn't make much of a contribution to the Berlin Airlift? Find out here: europeanaviationhistory.blogspot.com/2024/09/humb...
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Aircraft of the Berlin Airlift : C-74 Globemaster
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November 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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The accidents that don't happen never make the headlines -- but credit should go to those responsible. Join me for a short tribute to those who laid the foundations for modern air traffic control at: europeanaviationhistory.blogspot.com/2023/11/unsu...
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The Accidents That Didn't Happen -- ATC on the Berlin Airlift
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September 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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At a time when the United States has turned against NATO and Europe, the Berlin Airlift may seem irrelevant. Yet, the Berlin Airlift was first and foremost a means of resisting aggression without war. Find out more at: europeanaviationhistory.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...
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The Significance of the Berlin Airlift
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January 27, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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The #BerlinAirlift was a crucial event in post-WW2 German-American relations.
January 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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A chance wartime encounter. A Cold War reunion. "Did you ever talk down a wounded B-17?" Read an excerpt from award-winning "Cold War": www.bublish.com/bubble/strea...
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Some Day We'll Meet Again.... - Cold War - Helena P Schrader - Literature & Fiction - Bublish Book Bubble
A song popular in WWII captured the uncertainty of all relationships formed in war. It repeated the phrase: "Some day we'll meet again. Don't know...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Ah!Los buenos viejos tiempos...#ColdWar (at the very beginning!)#ALBVT
Un "#Flying #Porcupine" (Short S.25 Sunderland) descargado en el Lago #Havel, en #Berlin, durante la primera gran crisis de occidente con la #URSS, el "Puente Aéreo o #BerlinAirlift x.com/Roberto_yeag...
November 28, 2024 at 8:51 AM
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NEW EPISODE - A 98 Year Old #USAF #Veteran Remembers the #BerlinAIrlift

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August 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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He had a reputation as a tough disciplinarian -- and yet he managed by walking around and listening to the men he commanded. He created a blueprint for modern air transport at: europeanaviationhistory.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-... #BerlinAirlift #ColdWarHistory #militaryhistory
The Commander of the Berlin Airlift: General William Tunner
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August 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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The Big Lift dramatizes the Berlin Airlift, showcasing American airmen's efforts amidst post-war tensions in Germany. #BerlinAIrlift #Movie
The Big Lift (1950)
The Big Lift dramatizes the Berlin Airlift, showcasing American airmen's efforts amidst post-war tensions in Germany.
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March 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
panyol.bsky.social
Soviets cut off all land access to West Berlin — located far within Soviet-controlled East Germany — in what became known as the #BerlinBlockade. In response, the Allies launched the #BerlinAirlift, ferrying supplies into the capital city by plane.
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5 Astonishing Facts About the Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift, one of the most remarkable humanitarian and logistical operations in history, was a product of the brewing Cold War tensions in the aftermath of World War II. Germany was divided i...
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March 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
helenapschrader.bsky.social
On the History Shelf this past Wednesday, Peggy Kurkowski and I talked about books, history, characters and more. Join us at: youtu.be/79qQqX6CbUY
#HistoricalFiction #HistoricalNovels #BerlinAirlift #ColdWar #HelenaPSchrader #PeggyKurkowski
Bridge to Tomorrow Trilogy: Helena P. Schrader on the Berlin Airlift
YouTube video by The History Shelf
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November 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
jsargentr.bsky.social
They are part of Key Logistics: a city with no food is...desperate, dead, mayhem and chaos, lost. However you want to describe it, no food = no victory.

Nota Bene: food delivery won a conflict all on its very own. #StrategicSubsistence #BerlinAirlift https://https://t.co/aOew2meD9p
November 25, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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NEW EPISODE - The #BerlinAirlift #Victories, Myths, and the #BerlinBlockade

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November 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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#tweetfromalternatehistory #Luftbrücke #whatif the Soviets had made their move on the Black Friday crash of the Berlin Airlift? 1948 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory #BerlinAirlift Begins #WorldWarIII
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April 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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NEW EPISODE - The #BerlinAirlift #Victories, Myths, and the #BerlinBlockade

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December 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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The story of how a forgotten group of airmen—who had spent World War II dropping Allied bombs on Berlin—risked their lives in 1948-49 dropping chocolate bars from the sky. Review-> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #SweetVictory #BerlinAirlift #DreamscapeMedia #NetGalley #ARC #ALC #WorldWarII
🎧📚Sweet Victory: How the Berlin Airlift Divided East and West #BookReview #DreamscapeMedia #ARCReview #History
The fascinating story of how a forgotten group of airmen—who had spent World War II dropping Allied bombs on Berlin—risked their lives in 1948-49 dropping chocolate bars from the sky. Most books mentioned in my reviews can be found at the affiliate links below. (Bookshop.org) (Biblio.com) (Better World Books-US) (Better World Books-UK)
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December 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM