To Save a City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949

摘要

In 1948, the Soviet blockade cut the city of Berlin off from food, fuel, and other necessities from the West and threatened the Western position in post-World War II Europe. The U.S. Air Force and Royal Air Force answered with air power, creating an air bridge of supplies that delivered 2.3 million tons of cargo to the beleaguered city over the next 15 months. Using recently declassified documents and drawing on material based on sources now available from behind the former Iron Curtain, the author presents a vivid description of the Berlin Airlift and new interpretations of an event often described as the greatest humanitarian airlift in history.