The Blockade Breakers
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Author |
: Helena P Schrader |
Publisher |
: The History Press |
Total Pages |
: 311 |
Release |
: 2011-09-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780752468037 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0752468030 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Blockade Breakers by : Helena P Schrader
On 24 June 1948 the Soviet Union abruptly closed all land and water access to the Western Sectors of Berlin. Over 2 million civilians, dependent on the surrounding territory and the West for food, fuel, and other basic goods, were suddenly cut off from all necessities of life. The Western Allies had the option of withdrawing their garrisons and allowing the Soviet Union to take control of the entire of city, or of trying to supply the city by air. Never in history had 2 million people been supplied exclusively by air before. None of senior military commanders believed it could be done. But the political leadership in London and Washington insisted that it must be done. So the largest and most ambitious Airlift in history was set in motion. It began without the West really knowing what the Berliners needed in order to survive - much less how much those supplies weighed. It was launched despite an almost complete absence of aircraft and aircrew resources in Germany and despite the serious inadequacies in airfields and air traffic control. It was launched without airlift expertise in theatre or a unified command structure. But once it was took wing, it flew and turned into something that not even its originators and advocators had ever imagined or expected.
Author |
: Helena P Schrader |
Publisher |
: The History Press |
Total Pages |
: 269 |
Release |
: 2011-09-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780752468037 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0752468030 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Blockade Breakers by : Helena P Schrader
On 24 June 1948 the Sovient Union abrubtly closed all land and water access to the Western Sectors of Berlin. Over 2 million civilians, dependent on the surrounding territory and the West for food, fuel, and other basic goods, were suddenly cut off from all necessities of life. The Western Allies had the option of withdrawing their garrisons and allowing the Soviet Union to take control of the entire city, or of trying to supply the city by air. Never in history had 2 million people been supplied exclusively by air before. None of the senior military commanders believed it could be done. But the political leadership in London and Washington insisted that it must be done. A withdrawal from Berlin would discredit the West at a critical moment in history, when the Soviet Union was expanding aggressively across Europe. Worse, it would endanger the political stability and economic recovery of all of Europe. So the largest and most ambitious Airlift in history was set in motion. It began without the West really knowing what the Berliners needed in order to survive - much less how much those supplies weighed. It was launched despite a lack of airlift expertise in theatre or a unified command structure, an almost complete absence of aircraft and aircrew resources in Germany and serious inadequacies in airfields and air traffic control. But once it took wing, it flew and turned into something that not even its originators and advocates had ever imagined or expected.
Author |
: William Watson (of Skelmorlie.) |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 364 |
Release |
: 1892 |
ISBN-10 |
: BSB:BSB11574755 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis The adventures of a blockade runner; or, Trade in time of war by : William Watson (of Skelmorlie.)
Author |
: Archibald Colquhoun Bell |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 874 |
Release |
: 1937 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015020922475 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis A History of the Blockade of Germany and the Countries Associated with Her in the Great War, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey, 1914-1918 by : Archibald Colquhoun Bell
Author |
: Thomas Cooper De Leon |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 104 |
Release |
: 1891 |
ISBN-10 |
: PRNC:32101068177706 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Fair Blockade-breaker by : Thomas Cooper De Leon
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 968 |
Release |
: 1901 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015035861080 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion by :
Author |
: Gideon Welles |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 642 |
Release |
: 1911 |
ISBN-10 |
: UFL:31262042148949 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Diary of Gideon Welles by : Gideon Welles
Author |
: G. Welles |
Publisher |
: Рипол Классик |
Total Pages |
: 626 |
Release |
: 1911 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9785878554015 |
ISBN-13 |
: 5878554011 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Diary of Gideon Welles by : G. Welles
Author |
: Gideon Welles |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 624 |
Release |
: 1911 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSC:32106014713793 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Diary by : Gideon Welles
Author |
: Gideon Welles |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 642 |
Release |
: 1911 |
ISBN-10 |
: NYPL:33433081803268 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis 1861-March 30, 1864 by : Gideon Welles