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    former, history teacher, I know you are set in your idea that the destruction of the Berlin Wall was the turning point of WWll, I strongly disagree. Even though there were significant, life-changing, humanitarian efforts made by the U.S, the Berlin Airlift was one of the greatest of these efforts. This was one of the strongest humanitarian efforts made because America supplied food for the starving people of West Berlin, granted them the gift of hope when there was nothing left to hope for, and assisted

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    points of the Cold War, the Berlin Blockade of the Soviets and the Berlin Airlift of the Allies displayed failure in Soviet aggression in contrast with the success achieved by the peace seeking Western Allies. The Berlin Blockade of the East Germans effectively blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the Berlin sectors under Western control. As a direct siege on half of Berlin, the Allies came to this problem with an ingenious solution –an airlift. A little under four hundred

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    knew that the Soviets were making their move into Berlin. The Germans had decided to bunker down and fight to the death for the city of Berlin. The Germans had decided that it would take about two hundred thousand men to defend the capital of Berlin. The two hundred thousand that were to guard Berlin was comprised of mostly women, older men, and younger children. The German army was aware of the amount of Soviet forces that were planning to attack Berlin, and built a strong defensive position in order

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