June 24 in American History
The Soviet Union cut off all land routes into West Berlin, trying to starve the free half of the city into submission. Rather than abandon it or start a war, America and its allies launched the Berlin Airlift — flying in food and coal around the clock for nearly a year until the Soviets backed down. Resolve without a shot fired.
In 1948: the Berlin Blockade begins. The Soviet Union cut off all land routes into West Berlin, trying to starve the free half of the city into submission.
The Soviet Union cut off all land routes into West Berlin, trying to starve the free half of the city into submission. Rather than abandon it or start a war, America and its allies launched the Berlin Airlift — flying in food and coal around the clock for nearly a year until the Soviets backed down. Resolve without a shot fired.
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