The first major, international crisis of the Cold War!

This picture represents or shows some of the people in Berlin watching as some United States pilots flew into Berlin carrying food and supplies for the people. The sight of the U.S. planes gave them a sense of security and hope.

The Berlin Airlift was the first major event in the Cold War. This was whenever the Communist Soviet Union government closed all traffic going in and out of West Berlin and basically held them hostage. Their ultimate goal was to gain practical control on the entire city. So they decided to force the Western powers(Britain and the United States) into the Soviet zone to bring food and supplies to Berlin to luer them in to their trap. Just as the planned, When the Western powers caught wind of what the Soviets were doing they came to rescue Berlin. Between June 1948 and September 1949 alone, pilots made over 277,000 flights into West Berlin, carrying more than two million tons of products including coal for fuel. What the Soviets didn't think of was that it would actually work and ultimatly drive themselves to lifting the blockade on West Berlin. By the spring of 1949, the effort was clearly succeeding, and by April the airlift was delivering more cargo than had previously flowed into the city by rail. Due to the Soviets appearant loss, they were ultimatly driven to the point of lifting the blockade. Everything started to settle down after this major tension, but the fight against the Soviets and communism is still upon us.