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Berlin Airlift (1948–1949)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Berlin_Airlift_(1948–1949)
GPTKB entity
Statements (40)
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Berlin Airlift (1948–1949)
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