Berlin Airlift

[broshdrew]

i just have too questions, the men on the airplanes sending troops what did they take back with them ( lol does that make sense?) and by when was 100,000 deliviers/trips made?

[98bigbutt]

If it was a triumph,then why didn't the Allies forces push the Ruskies out of Berlin and Eastern Germany altogether?

[celticlofts]

@98bigbutt: Neither side wanted to start WW3 over it. The allies felt they could accomplish the task without going to war and they did. It was a very dangerous time for everyone. I could turn the question on you.. Why, when West Berlin was right in the middle of East Germany, didn't the Russians take West Berlin? They didn't for the exact same reasons the American's didn't.

[98bigbutt]

@celticlofts,Yeah but they instead went to Korea and Vietnam to supposedly to stop Communism because they both weren't strong as the former USSR.

[98bigbutt]

@celticlofts,Yeah but it took until the late 80's and the early 90's to push them out.

[janborrowitz]

Die Pralinenbomben

[98bigbutt]

Germany in post WW2 had it worse than post WW2 Japan.I say this because Germany after WW2 fell to the Soviets and thus created East Germany and the Berlin Wall untill 1989-1990 when it reunited.Meanwhile in Japan, the US occupied it for a few years and the Japanese went on their own and became a economic power.

[ryko26]

interesting

[crazydutchess]

The truth is:

Many Germans, especially the youth, know only what they hear from their media which has been manipulated by Russia. Perhaps many even dream of being a Russian province.

They even elected a Kanlzer, Gerhard Schröder, who was nothing more than a Russian spy when in office. Yet he is beloved by a huge number of Germans as is the Dictator Putin.

Perhaps it is truly time for Germany to become a Russian province.

Germany is lost morally and politically; and in love with the CCCP!

[miguelmouta]

crazydutchess, German is in moral debt for contemporary world for the next 928 years . Dont forget that nazi were , at all times, at both sides of the wall. And now we have a well founded NPD,and NATO ,without a signicant communist menace. I agree, that the best they can do is to mantain part of the techniques and arts, miscigenate ,and burst ALL its language, culture and symbols .

[jlambe19]

The US then and the US now are two entirely different countries.

[miguelmouta]

Yes. USA have alliances with ex-nazi industrial elite , as with Saudi families, and now, KILL ITS OWN PEOPLE, AS A SUICIDE AS THE NAZI REGIME IS ( AS THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE SUPPORTED AND DO SUPPORT.)

[jfm487]

BOO HOO!... After 911 and the war against Islamic terrorism by the USA the German press and politicians have trashed the USA in every way possible. I feel sad that Americans and British airmen had to die bring food to feed the former Nazi scum of Berlin and their brats.

[ntguru5]

I feel sad my countrymen sacrificed so much in WWII so people like you can post dumbass messages on the internet. You obviously have never been to Germany, know the people, or the history of the airlift with such an idiotic statement. Germany is our greatest ally next to the Brits.

[youdogasdf]

word up. but what he says about the press is true- germany is diplomatically uncooperative and not too happy to be associated with the US right now. The germans are nice people- personally- but they do not approve of things like Iraq and are increasingly dependent on Russia, a rival of the US for things like energy supplies, so I can see why they take such a stance. But calling them Nazi scum, even after ww2 is just plain wrong.

[mapledixie]

of course they don't approve of invasions of other countries......

[miguelmouta]

Heydrich, and THOUSANDS of SS monsters were VERY WELL EDUCATED, POLITE AND INTELLIGENT !Dont make mistakes , young person.They can be fatal errors for your beloved beings. MOUTA, LT Cl , Brazilian Army.

[miguelmouta]

Sure. And you must say that the NPD is a dumbass party. Sure ! AS IT WAS IN THE CIVILIZED 30´s GERMANY !!!

[grazyarnie]

You can not compare these two time epoches. The NPD is bankrupt, cause of the lack of members.The members of that faction are all filed by our homeland security service.There is no love to Schröder or Putin after Schröder ruined the social system in Germany,together with Clement,his bloke who helped him destroying the SPD.Why we seek friendship with Russia is not cause we are in love with their leader, we want to make peace with the people. A person who says germans love Putin dont know us

[grazyarnie]

well I can not answer if You delete Your postings. One is for sure, there are not more Nzi thinking individuals in Germany then in an other country in Europe. Definetly are our far right hearted people a few and dont play a role. The left wing only got a bit mor power cause of the death of the SPD. The far right people wont be political active anymore, they are just hooligans seeking the fight with our police or other groups, nothing political about that

[miguelmouta]

Yes. USA have alliances with ex-nazi industrial elite , as with Saudi families, and now, KILL ITS OWN PEOPLE, AS A SUICIDE AS THE NAZI REGIME IS ( AS THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE SUPPORTED AND DO SUPPORT.) Our Brazilian natural resources, decisively ,helped USA to fight nazi germany. But now we should prefer to help RUSSIA , if needed. Thats fact.A black president is not neccessarily

a peacefull president.