The Berlin Airlift turned Germany into a beacon of hope in one year
At the end of World War II, Germany was carved into multiple divisions, occupied separately by each of the Allied powers. So too was the city of Berlin itself. But…
Berlin Airlift ‘Candy Bomber’ Col. Gail Halvorsen dies at 101
The Berlin Airlift, officially known as Operation Vittles, was one of the most important military operations following the end of WWII. The Soviet blockade of West Berlin prevented vital supplies…
Veterans tell stories of Berlin Airlift for 70th anniversary
The trio shuffled into the small room with canes and walkers to record their testimonies of the first confrontations of the Cold War and how the allies prevailed without firing a shot, saving a former enemy from oppression.
The Royal Air Force…
A pilot describes his role in the historic Berlin Airlift
Seventy years ago, with Adolf Hitler’s crumbled Third Reich still fresh in their memories and Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union having a choke hold on their future, Berlin’s children were starving.
With the Nazi surrender in 1945, the Allies div…