The Berlin Airlift: 10 Tons to Templehof

by Bob Clarke

When the Soviet Union blocked railroad and street access to West Berlin in 1948, the USA, Britain, and France subsequently began to airlift food and other provisions to the Western-held sectors of Berlin up until the end of September 1949. The combined tonnage lifted by the RAF, USAAF, and British civil aircraft was 2,325,808 ton. British aircraft used more than 35 million gallons of aviation fuel, flew more than 30 million miles and spent 200,000...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752440926
• ISBN13: 9780752440927
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 224 Pages