The musings and meandering thoughts of a crotchety old man as he observes life in the world and in a small, rural town in South East Nebraska. My Pledge-Nulla dies sine linea-Not a day with out a line.
24 June 2025
Berlin Blockade 24 June 1948 - 12 May 1949
Starting 77 years ago today, the Reds tried to starve Berlin into submission. They failed!
In 1948, Stalin blockades West Berlin, isolating over two million people without food, fuel, or supplies. Refusing to surrender the city, Western powers launch the Berlin Airlift, history’s largest aerial supply mission, to deliver food, coal, and even candy. As tensions soar, planes defy Soviet threats around the clock—can the Allies really sustain a city from the sky?
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