Essay On Berlin Airlift

Berlin Airlift: The Last Hope This is not about luxury and peace, it is about the starving and conflict in Berlin after World War 1. Berlin Airlift is what helped Germany in its time of need giving the us its excellent culture. After World War One, the Russian Soviets pushed back the Germans to Berlin where the Germans were holding up at to keep them at bay. Supplies were scarce in Berlin for the Germans; about 2.5 million people were starving and the allies had to do something about it. They sent in supplies but the only roads leading into Berlin were being blocked by the Russians. The allies had to find another way so Truman who was president at the time had thought of the allies sending the supplies by air. The Russians, of course, did not think it would work so they had no intent of stopping it. But in the end, the total of supplies were 2.3 million tons helping Germany stay a nation. Berlin Airlift has a great value and importance to the United …show more content…
An example of the United States weakness would be that since after the war the allies had pulled out all their troops and after that the Russians started to push Berlin. Without the military troops to help they sent supplies, but the manpower was low so they had to resort to volunteering German citizens to help unload the supplies. While the allies had many planes they only had two airfields that were established and they could access. The airfields were called Tempelhof and Gatow but the President had decided to add another to help with efficiency. This airfield was called Tegel it couldn’t be constructed because the allies did not have big enough aircraft so they cut it into five pieces and constructed it. With the lack of airfields the Allies had to be efficient, a crew could unload 10 tons of coal in ten minutes. The United States spent about