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Berlin on the Brink
Daniel F. Harrington
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Description for Berlin on the Brink
Paperback. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 752.
The Berlin blockade brought former allies to the brink of war. Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union defeated and began their occupation of Germany in 1945, and within a few years, the Soviets and their Western partners were jockeying for control of their former foe. Attempting to thwart the Allied powers' plans to create a unified West German government, the Soviets blocked rail and road access to the western sectors of Berlin in June 1948. With no other means of delivering food and supplies to the German people under their protection, the Allies organized the Berlin airlift.
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The Berlin blockade brought former allies to the brink of war. Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union defeated and began their occupation of Germany in 1945, and within a few years, the Soviets and their Western partners were jockeying for control of their former foe. Attempting to thwart the Allied powers' plans to create a unified West German government, the Soviets blocked rail and road access to the western sectors of Berlin in June 1948. With no other means of delivering food and supplies to the German people under their protection, the Allies organized the Berlin airlift.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813136134
SKU
V9780813136134
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99-50
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