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EzraTo keep the people of West Berlin from starving after the Soviet Union cut off access by highways and roads, President Truman turned to the US Air Force to solve the problem. What became known as the Berlin Airlift, broke the Soviet blockade of Berlin as millions of tons of food and clothing were flown into the city.
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