Luftbrücke
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Luftbrücke is the German term for the Berlin Airlift, the Allied operation that supplied West Berlin by air during the Soviet blockade of 1948–1949.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Berlin Airlift
ⓘ
humanitarian operation ⓘ military airlift operation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Berlin Airlift ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Western sectors of Berlin ⓘ |
| carriedOutBy |
French Air Force
ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Luftbrückendenkmal (Berlin Airlift Memorial) ⓘ |
| conflict | Cold War ⓘ |
| country |
France
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Allied military records
ⓘ
historical studies of the Berlin Blockade ⓘ |
| endTime | 1949-09-30 ⓘ |
| followedBy | lifting of the Berlin Blockade ⓘ |
| hasCause | Berlin Blockade ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
demonstration of Western resolve in Cold War
ⓘ
strengthening West Berlin’s link to the West ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Operation Vittles
ⓘ
surface form:
Operation Plainfare
Operation Vittles ⓘ |
| hasType | logistical operation ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| location |
Berlin
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ West Berlin ⓘ |
| numberOfFlights | over 200000 ⓘ |
| objective | supply West Berlin by air ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| partOf | Cold War ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Berlin Airlift
ⓘ
surface form:
Candy Bomber flights by Gail Halvorsen
|
| startTime | 1948-06-26 ⓘ |
| supplies |
coal
ⓘ
food ⓘ fuel ⓘ medicine ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1948
ⓘ
1949 ⓘ |
| translation | air bridge ⓘ |
| uses |
Gatow Airfield
ⓘ
Tegel ⓘ
surface form:
Tegel Airport
Tempelhof Airport ⓘ air corridors to Berlin ⓘ transport aircraft ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.