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Over the years 39 British, 31 Americans and 13 Germans lost their lives delivering supplies. They are remembered on the Berlin Airlift Monument at Tempelhof.

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The pilots and aircrew aboard the aircraft came from countries like Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand.

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- The Russian blockade lasted from June 24th 1948- May 11th 1949, but the aircraft continued for a couple more months.

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- The normal daily food requirements for Berlin was 2,000 tons.
- The aircraft costed the US 350 million, the UK 17 million euros, Western Germany 150 million deutschmarks.

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The Berlin Airlift lasted from 1918-1919.

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The Untied States delivered necessary supplies to the citizens in American planes, helped over 2 million people in West Berlin.

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The Berlin blockade was the first major crisis of the Cold War. With the victory of the communist side in the Chinese Civil War and the outbreak of the Korean War, the conflict expanded.

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After a year, Stalin forced the Soviets to end the blockade by re opening every railroad and highway after the Western power success. The crisis deepend even after the West had won

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As an alternative to transporting supplies through a vehicle, Truman ordered cargo planes to supply Berliners with food and fuel.

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Stalin was unhappy at the fact that the US was trying to rebuild Germany so he tried forcing western allies out of Berlin by sealing off railroads and highways into the western section of the city.