On June 26, 1948, U.S. and British pilots began delivering food
and supplies by airplane to Berlin after the city was isolated by
a Soviet Union blockade.
As a result, beginning on June 24 the western section of Berlin
and its 2 million people were deprived of food, heating fuel and
other crucial supplies.
Though some in U.S. President Harry S. Truman’s administration
called for a direct military response to this aggressive Soviet
move, Truman worried such a response would trigger another
world war. Instead, he authorized a massive airlift operation.
The first planes took off from England and western Germany on
June 26, loaded with food, clothing, water, medicine and fuel.
Harry S. Truman (1884 – 1972). The 33rd
president of the United States, serving
from 1945 to 1953.
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