The end of the Berlin Blockade (12 May 1949)
Image The success of the Allied airlift in May 1949 forced the Soviet Union to lift its blockade of the access routes to the Western sectors of the City of Berlin on 12 May 1949. The photo shows US pilots celebrating the success of the airlift and the announcement by Soviet forces that the blockade would be lifted.
Source and copyright
Source: Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung (BPA), 10117 Berlin, Dorotheenstr. 84. http://www.bundesregierung.de/Webs/Breg/DE/Homepage/home.html.
Berliner Luftbrücke. Berlin: Bundesbildstelle Berlin, 1948. Schwarz und Weiß.
Copyright: (c) Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung
