Following World War II, the Soviet Union drew an “Iron Curtain” across 
Europe, crowning its efforts with a blockade of West Berlin in a 
desperate effort to prevent the creation of an independent, democratic 
West Germany. The United States and Great Britain, aided by France, 
responded with a daring air logistical operation that delivered almost 
three million tons of necessities to the people of Berlin.

Drawing on rare U.S. documents from both sides of the curtain and the 
memories of airlift veterans themselves, Roger G. Miller provides an 
original study of the Berlin Airlift. What began as a hastily organized 
operation by a small number of war-weary cargo airplanes evolved into 
an intricate bridge of aircraft that flowed in and out of Berlin through 
narrow air corridors. Day after day, week after week, a stream of 
airplanes delivered everything from food and medicine to coal and 
candy in defiance of breakdowns, inclement weather, and Soviet 
hostility.

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ROGER G. MILLER is a senior historian with the U.S. Air Force 
History and Museums Program in Washington, D.C. A former Air 
Force officer, Miller earned his doctorate at Indiana University. He 
lives in Alexandria, Virginia.


Number Sixty-eight: Texas A&M University Military History Series


What people are saying about this book

"The Berlin Airlift was one of the monumental achievements of 
American ingenuity, morality, and courage of the last century. . . . 
Roger Miller's account of this great undertaking will make us 
proud."—Leon Uris, author, Trinity