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The Berlin Airlift. In June, 1948 Stalin blockaded West Berlin, cutting off all supplies In response, American and British officials started the Berlin Airlift Over a period of 327 days, they delivered 2.3 million tons of supplies to West Berlin The flights were extremely dangerous
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In June, 1948 Stalin blockaded West Berlin, cutting off all supplies • In response, American and British officials started the Berlin Airlift • Over a period of 327 days, they delivered 2.3 million tons of supplies to West Berlin • The flights were extremely dangerous • Pilots flew around the clock with few and short breaks • Weather over Berlin was dangerous and unpredictable • Landing on a crowded airfield in the middle of a city was difficult • The Soviet Union lifted the blockade in May of 1949
Berlin Airlift Sources • write a short summary of what each source indicates about the Berlin Airlift
SCR Practice Guiding Question: What was the Berlin Airlift like? • Write a thesis to answer this question • Turn your thesis into a topic sentence by adding a hook • Turn your thesis into a conclusion by expanding on the subject
