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To Save A City: Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949

TABLE OF CONTENTS Germany in Defeat 1 Berlin 3 Breakdown 4 The Marshall Plan and German Unification 7 Threat and Response 10 The April Crisis and the "Little Lift" 11 Further Provocations 15 Currency Reform — A Pretext for Soviet Action 18 Berlin Under Siege 20 The Airlift Begins 21 Superfortresses to Great Britain 23 The Armed Convoy Option 25 Operation Vittles: An Expedient in Action 26 Operation Plainfare: The British Operation 35 To Stay or Go? 40 Diplomacy Fails 42 William H. Tunner 45 Airlift Task Force (Provisional) 50 Der Schokoladen-flieger 56 The Search for Additional Bases 58 "Black Friday" and a Pattern of Operations 62 Communications and Control 65 Weather Forecasting 69 Maintenance and Supply 70 Field Maintenance 73 200-Hour Inspections 75 Global Logistics for the Airlift 77 Replacement Training 79 The Army Hauls the Freight 80 Some Uncommon Cargos 85 The Airlift Meets "General Winter" 88 "Anchors Aweigh" 92 Airlift, November 1948— May 1949 95 The Easter Parade 99 Contingency Planning: Airlift to 1952 101 "Blockade Ends; Airlift Wins" 103 Dismantling the Airlift 106 The Berlin Airlift: A Tally and Legacy 108 Some Basic Statistics 108 North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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