Berlin Airlift (1948–1949)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:airportsUsed	gptkb:Gatow_Airport gptkb:Tegel_Airport gptkb:Tempelhof_Airport
gptkbp:casualties	at least 101 fatalities
gptkbp:cause	gptkb:Berlin_Blockade
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Berlin_Airlift_Memorial annual Berlin Airlift remembrance events
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:describes	Operation to supply West Berlin with food and fuel by air after Soviet blockade
gptkbp:endDate	1949-05-12
gptkbp:flightNumber	over 277,000
gptkbp:followedBy	division of Germany
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Berlin gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:Bridge_of_Airlift_(documentary) gptkb:The_Big_Lift_(film)
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:General_Lucius_D._Clay gptkb:Sir_Brian_Robertson gptkb:William_H._Tunner
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:Operation_Plainfare gptkb:Operation_Vittles
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:participants	gptkb:France gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:West_Berlin
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Berlin_Blockade
gptkbp:result	Blockade lifted
gptkbp:significance	Demonstrated Western commitment to Berlin First major crisis of the Cold War
gptkbp:startDate	1948-06-24
gptkbp:suppliesDelivered	gptkb:food gptkb:medicine gptkb:gasoline
gptkbp:totalTonnageDelivered	over 2.3 million tons
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Berlin,_Germany
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Berlin Airlift (1948–1949)