Berlin Airlift At 70: Remembering The Cold War's 1st East-West Showdown

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June 29, 2018

Kassandra Sundt

West Berlin children at Tempelhof airport watch fleets of U.S. airplanes bringing in supplies to circumvent the Russian blockade in this undated photo. The airlift began June 25, 1948, and continued for 11 months. (AP Photo)

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June marks the 70th anniversary of the Berlin airlift, the nearly yearlong campaign that supplied food and energy to around 2 million people living in West Berlin after World War II.

As Kassandra Sundt (@KassandraSundt) reports, the effort is seen by many historians as the first battle in the decadeslong Cold War.

This segment aired on June 29, 2018.

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Kassandra Sundt Producer/Reporter
Kassandra Sundt was a Radio Boston producer and reporter at WBUR. She started at the station as a Here & Now intern in 2010.

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