The Berlin Airlift Begins
6/26/202617 min
June 26, 1948. After the USSR closes off road, rail, and water routes to West Berlin, the Western Allies begin an ambitious operation to deliver supplies by air.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
Cha-ching. חברי מועדון ג'ו דלק, קבלו הטבה מחשמלת. מטעינים לראשונה את הרכב בטעינה אולטרה מהירה ומקבלים שלושים מטבעות לארנק מתנה. ג'ו דלק, תבואו, יהיה חשמל.
Speaker 20:14
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Lindsay Graham· Host0:17
[מוזיקה דרמטית] It's June twenty sixth, nineteen forty eight in the skies above Berlin, Germany. In the cockpit of a Douglas DC-4, American pilot Jack Bennett flips a pair of switches on the instrument panel and tightens his grip on the controls. Sweat beads on his forehead as he scans the sky for Soviet fighters and the ground below for anti-aircraft batteries. Jack may be a civilian pilot for American Overseas Airlines, but at this moment he can't shake the feeling that he's flying into a war zone. Because only two days ago, the Soviet Union began blockading West Berlin, the sector of the German capital controlled by the United States, Britain, and France. In response, the Western allies have decided to fly food and other supplies into this isolated enclave, but no one knows how the Soviets will respond when the first plane approaches the city. If they shoot down Jack's DC-4, it could trigger World War III. After what feels like an eternity, Jack spots a long strip of tarmac ahead, Tempelhof