Sunday 12 May, seventy years ago marked the end of the Berlin Airlift.
At the end of the war, Germany was occupied and divided by the Allies, British Sector, American Sector, French Sector and Russian Sector.
Berlin was similarly divided.
Soviet Union declared their sector as East Germany, Berlin was cut off within East German.
Berlin was then physically cut off, the Berlin Blockade.
The Allies airlifted food and fuel to Berlin, one plane landing every three minutes for nearly a year. The largest airlift in history.
The first Soviet Cold War confrontation with the West which led to the formation of NATO.
As part of the celebrations Taxi Charity took RAF Veterans to Berlin and ferried them around in London taxis.
The #BerlinAirlift was a remarkable story of courage and heroism.
In response to a Soviet blockade in 1948, Britain and its allies fuelled Berlin by air.
Over 500,000 tons of cargo and almost a year later, the Soviets lifted the blockade, prompting the formation of @NATO. pic.twitter.com/08rQSJzcse
— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) May 12, 2019
From June 1948 to May 1949, the Soviet Union prevented the Western Allies from reaching West Berlin by land or water. The Allies responded with the largest airlift operation in history. Here are the numbers👇#BerlinAirlift #WunderbarTogether https://t.co/xH594o4rwK pic.twitter.com/QUmFWyjjyK
— German Embassy (@GermanyinUSA) May 13, 2019
David Edwards / #Veteran #Ветеран / #BerlinAirlift / #BerlinerLuftbrücke / #БерлинскийВоздушныйМост / #BerlinBlockade / #Berlin #Берлин / #СОЮЗНИКИ #ALLIES #ALLIIERTE / / #AlliiertenMuseum / @AlliiertenMuseum / #AlliedMuseum / #MuseeDes.. https://t.co/xOQLyP8j18
— AlexanderGuidePotsdamBerlin (@GuidePotsdam) May 11, 2019
"Der große politische Erpressungsversuch, die Blockierung Berlins, ist mißlungen." @tagesspiegel #OTD 1949 #BerlinAirlift70 #Luftbrücke #BerlinBlockade pic.twitter.com/pI2oemKcg1
— Erik Reger (@Erik_Reger) May 12, 2019
https://twitter.com/Stephan_Dinges/status/1127511137568940034
Mercedes Wild war sieben Jahre alt, als ihre Heimatstadt durch die #berlinblockade abgeschnitten wurde. Gail S. #Halvorsen warf für Kinder wie sie kleine Fallschirme mit Schokolade aus seinem Flugzeug. Heute haben beide in #Tempelhof gefeiert. https://t.co/gWiE1OyALW #berlin pic.twitter.com/dVjdRT1v4I
— rbb|24 (@rbb24) May 12, 2019
C'était il y a tout juste 70 ans et cette nouvelle faisait bien évidemment la "une" de toute la presse bretonne: la fin du blocus de Berlin.https://t.co/soghiqHm79 Par . @ymevanno #Histoire #GuerreFroide #Berlinblockade #Bretagne pic.twitter.com/9xObddja74
— En Envor (@enenvor) May 12, 2019
70 Jahre nach Ende der #BerlinBlockade: Vom Feind zum Lebensretter https://t.co/KhOLePfZfw
— Thomas Vitins (@ThomasVitins) May 13, 2019
#OnThisDay 70 yrs ago the #BerlinBlockade (Soviet Union blocking Western Allies' access to the sectors of West #Berlin) ended.
Quickly an #airlift was organised to carry supplies to the people, among these most famously the #CandyBombers dropping sweets and chocolate. pic.twitter.com/nVxR5ffbDf
— Jens Notroff (@jens2go) May 12, 2019
Celebrating 70 years since the end of the Berlin Blockade (May 12th, 1949) @FoursquareGuide: https://t.co/JzG3rbLwfh #airlift #alliedforces #berlin #tempelhof #raisinbomber #rosinenbomber #berlinblockade #berlinairlift pic.twitter.com/1WpMjM7u4y
— Foursquare SUs USA (@4sqsuUSA) May 11, 2019
It’s 70 years since the end of the #BerlinBlockade. For 11 months in 1948-49, all land access to West Berlin was cut off, and the city’s 2 million residents had to rely on food and supplies flown in by plane. pic.twitter.com/eIDQuer3wI
— CARE Australia (@CAREAustralia) May 13, 2019
70 years ago the #BerlinBlockade ended. Back then the #USA helped #Germany by airlifting supplies. They were also crucial in key events during #WW2. Find them here on our interactive #map 👉 https://t.co/TmilJgAZe5#WunderbarTogether #Germanhistory #History @GermanyinUSA pic.twitter.com/YkCFYhXqkL
— All about Germany | deutschland.de (@en_germany) May 12, 2019
12.5.1949 After nearly 11 months the #USSR lifted the blockade of #Berlin #OTD #BerlinBlockade #BerlinAirlift #ColdWar pic.twitter.com/YVhbnFaSW4
— Sue 🇪🇺 (@SierraUniEcho) May 12, 2019
🇺🇸✈️🇩🇪 70 years ago the #BerlinBlockade ended. For a year, American & British pilots supplied West Berlin with food, medicine & coal from the air. One of them was Gail Halvorsen – best known as the “Candy Bomber” of the Berlin airlift. #WunderbarTogether https://t.co/xH594nMQFc pic.twitter.com/2oK1b6pWQ2
— German Embassy (@GermanyinUSA) May 13, 2019
A plane landed in Berlin every minute from 11 Allied staging areas in West Germany. The planes were nicknamed ''candy bombers'' after pilots began tossing sweets to children. #BerlinBlockade #ThisDayInHistory pic.twitter.com/WRJGaIBrvI
— Ike's Soldiers (@ikessoldiers) May 12, 2019
Students at Berlin’s Gail S. Halvorsen Schule sing @MMWesternhagen’s #Freiheit (Freedom) with the school’s namesake, the #CandyBomber. The famous pilot is in Germany to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of the #BerlinBlockade. pic.twitter.com/DiBF2q4Glw
— Common Ground Berlin (@CGBerlinPodcast) May 13, 2019
70 years ago, @CARE was one of only a few private organisations who participated in the #BerlinAirlift – bringing much needed #humanitarian aid to post-war #Germany.
While the communities we reach may have changed, our dedication to support those in need has not. pic.twitter.com/1qvQen97NT
— CARE International (@CAREGlobal) May 12, 2019
#KCRWBerlinOmnified: What was it like to live through the #BerlinAirlift? We asked a few of the people living in West Berlin 70 years ago to tell us. https://t.co/kqlvdeC0ED pic.twitter.com/btz9tk5ufR
— Common Ground Berlin (@CGBerlinPodcast) May 14, 2019
Our RAF VIPs are ready for take off 🛫 Berlin here we come 🇩🇪 via City Airport 🇬🇧 #BerlinAirlift70 pic.twitter.com/WgHf0RRfoI
— Taxi Charity (@TaxiCharity) May 10, 2019
@UKinGermany Our @TaxiCharity visit to Berlin got off to a great start @MCalvey415 pic.twitter.com/B8hXwfsWrV
— F Wyhowska (@FWyhowska) May 13, 2019
@UKinGermany Our @TaxiCharity visit to Berlin got off to a great start @MCalvey415 pic.twitter.com/B8hXwfsWrV
— F Wyhowska (@FWyhowska) May 13, 2019
With 98 year old former RAF Leading Aircraftsman Bill Lawson and Defence Attache GP. Capt. Mark Heffron at the British Embassy in Berlin. pic.twitter.com/gGDPrjv5BS
— Linda Vijeh (@LindaVijeh) May 10, 2019
Flight engineer Harry Parkins (age 94) and Ft. Lt. George Dunn (age 96) brought to Berlin courtesy of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans.@TaxiCharity pic.twitter.com/LAwoDkLfc6
— Linda Vijeh (@LindaVijeh) May 11, 2019
@TaxiCharity Our veterans and drivers received in style by the Military Attachés at the British Embassy in Berlin @MCalvey415 pic.twitter.com/sDnCtiKMhP
— F Wyhowska (@FWyhowska) May 10, 2019
@TaxiCharity At The Brandenburg Gate pic.twitter.com/zsdPCFWM3I
— Michael Calvey (@MCalvey415) May 11, 2019
@TaxiCharity And through the square window pic.twitter.com/ZzoGy3fKO6
— Michael Calvey (@MCalvey415) May 11, 2019
#BerlinAirlift70 Thank you to all the taxi drivers who gave our veterans free lifts to @unionjackclub yesterday. #Londonsfinest pic.twitter.com/bVU4QFZPrR
— Taxi Charity (@TaxiCharity) May 10, 2019
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