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Assessment of Truman’s decision on the Berlin Airlift on the 75th anniversary


Assessment of Truman’s decision on the Berlin Airlift on the 75th anniversary

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (KY3) – The U.S. Army celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift this summer in Wiesbaden. Missouri President Harry S. Truman faced a crisis in the late 1940s when the Soviet Union cut off all ground transportation to West Berlin. The blockade meant that the citizens of West Berlin would quickly run […]