The Day Stalin Tried to Starve Berlin...And Failed Spectacularly

Описание: June 24, 1948. Joseph Stalin cut off every road, railway, and waterway to West Berlin, trapping two million people without food, fuel, or hope. He was certain the Western powers would surrender within weeks. He was spectacularly wrong.

This is the incredible true story of the Berlin Airlift, the most audacious humanitarian mission in history. For 462 consecutive days, American and British pilots flew into Berlin through storms, fog, and constant Soviet harassment, landing a plane every thirty seconds at the operation's peak. They delivered over 2.3 million tons of supplies, proving that the impossible was merely something nobody had figured out how to do yet.

Discover the genius strategies of Major General William Tunner who transformed chaos into precision. Meet First Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen, the Candy Bomber who dropped chocolate parachutes to German children. Witness the Easter Parade of April 16, 1949, when Allied forces delivered 12,941 tons in a single day, sending an unmistakable message to Stalin that the West would never back down.

This wasn't just a military operation. It was a test of wills between two superpowers that led directly to the creation of NATO and defined the Cold War. Over 277,000 flights carried hope into Berlin. More than 100 people gave their lives to save strangers in a city that had been their enemy just three years before.

This is the story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, refusing to let evil win when the world said it was impossible.

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