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78 Years Since Berlin Blockade: 'Raisin Bombers' Saved City from Starvation

Seventy-eight years ago, on June 23, 1948, the Soviet blockade of West Berlin began, leading to one of the Cold War's most famous operations where 'raisin bombers' saved the city from starvation.

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