The Airlift
1948: As result of a war Berlin is divided into four sectors. The Soviet side reacts to the Marshall Plan and the currency reform in the Western occupation zones with ist own currency and finally with the blockade of West Berlin. It is no longer possible to supply the city with essential goods via land and water. Only the air corridors remain free.

In order to avoid a direct military confrontation, the Western Allied powers decide to supply West Berlin by airlift: During the eleven months of the blockade over 2.1 million tons of goods are being flown in on almost 230,000 flights – to Tempelhof, Gatow and Tegel.
A total of 78 fatalities are recorded during the airlift by the time the blockade ended on 12 May 1949.