INTERNATIONAL 1948: Berlin Airlift and Gandhi's Murderer

THE NATIONS The Siege

The incessant roar of the planes—that typical and terrible 20th Century sound, a voice of cold mechanized anger—filled every ear in the city. It reverberated in the bizarre stone ears of the hollow, broken houses; it throbbed in the weary ears of Berlin's people who were bitter, afraid, but far from broken; it echoed in the intently listening ear of history. The sound meant one thing: the West was standing its ground and fighting back.

The crucial battle for Berlin was being fought in the hearts and minds of Berliners—but first & foremost in their bellies. The...

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