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Marshall Plan
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Berlin Airlift

Three years after the end of World War II, the Nazis' former capital, Berlin, would once again find itself the target of an allied air fleet. This time, the air armada was working to save, rather than destroy, the city.


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At the foot of Lucius Clay's grave is a memorial from the citizens of Berlin that says, "Wir danken dem Bewahrer unserer Freiheit" -- "We thank the defender of our freedom."

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Then and now
Eberhard Diepgen was a schoolboy when allied planes brought supplies and hope to the people of Berlin. Fifty years later, Berlin's mayor looks back.

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postscript
Propaganda was honed to an art form during the Cold War. And it thrives today, with political persuaders of every stripe.

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Mag covers first draft TIME: The Siege
July 12, 1948

PRAVDA: General Clay's Marks
July 26, 1948

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Did you know
 

Soviet propaganda unsuccessfully tried to discredit the "candy bombing" of U.S. pilot Gail Halvorsen, noting that children chasing the candy had severely damaged a cemetery.


  
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The airlift:
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Your role: Stalin. The scenario: How to respond to the Berlin airlift.
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Berlin Airlift Pilot
Ella Barowsky
Berlin Town Council
Mikhail Semiryaga
Soviet Military Administration
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CIA Summaries on Berlin Blockade
1948-1949
The X Article
July 1947
Zhdanov's Report to the Cominform
September 22, 1947
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