The Berlin Airlift: A New History Of The Cold War's Decisive Relief Operation
by Barry Turner /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Over eleven months from June 1948 to May 1949, British and American
aircrafts carried out the most ambitious airborne relief operation
ever mounted, flying 2.3 million tons of supplies on 277,500
flights to save a beleaguered Berlin – opening a new, if unsure,
chapter in the UK/US ‘special relationship’. This was before it was
all about ‘America first’ – post-World War II, the USA felt it had
the responsibility to lead by example.
Over eleven months from June 1948 to May 1949, British and American
aircrafts carried out the most ambitious airborne relief operation
ever mounted, flying 2.3 million tons of supplies on 277,500
flights to save a beleaguered Berlin – opening a new, if unsure,
chapter in the UK/US ‘special relationship’. This was before it was
all about ‘America first’ – post-World War II, the USA felt it had
the responsibility to lead by example.
Acclaimed historian Barry Turner’s new history of the Airlift is
based on research into American, British and German archives and
numerous interviews with veterans. It focuses on a high point in
Anglo-American relations which deteriorated sharply in the years
ahead when Britain threw away the chance to lead in Europe.
Acclaimed historian Barry Turner’s new history of the Airlift is
based on research into American, British and German archives and
numerous interviews with veterans. It focuses on a high point in
Anglo-American relations which deteriorated sharply in the years
ahead when Britain threw away the chance to lead in Europe.
Turner reveals the incredible logistical and political hurdles that
were overcome to make the airlift a success, deftly explains the
context and explores its legacy, especially in Germany’s economic
and political ascendancy over Britain in the post-war recovery.
Turner reveals the incredible logistical and political hurdles that
were overcome to make the airlift a success, deftly explains the
context and explores its legacy, especially in Germany’s economic
and political ascendancy over Britain in the post-war recovery.
