The Berlin Airlift begins as U.S. Air Force and British Royal Air Force planes deliver food and other supplies to the residents of West Berlin. Three days earlier, the Soviet Union had sealed off road and rail access to West Berlin, trying to force the democratic city to capitulate.
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