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Accueil de la librairie aéronautique / Aviation Militaire Contemporaine / Aviation militaire contemporaine britannique / BERLIN BLOCKADE - 1948 1949
When the world held its breath …
It is 25 years since the end of the Cold War, now a generation old. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944—long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europe—with the brutal Greek Civil War. The battle lines are no longer drawn, but they linger on, unwittingly or not, in conflict zones such as Iraq, Somalia and Ukraine. In an era of mass-produced AK-47s and ICBMs, one such flashpoint was Berlin.
Allied agreements entered into at Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam for the carving up of post-war Berlin now meant nothing to the Soviet conquerors. Their victory had cost millions of Russian lives – troops and civilians – so the hammer and sickle hoisted atop the Reichstag was more a claim to ownership than success. Moscow’s agenda was clear and simple: the Western Allies had to leave Berlin. The blockade ensued as the Soviets orchestrated a determined programme of harassment, intimidation, flexing of muscle, and Socialist propaganda to force the Allies out. Truman had already used the atomic bomb: Britain and America would not be cowed. History’s largest airborne relief programme was introduced to save the beleaguered city. In a war of attrition, diplomatic bluff and backstabbing, and mobilizing of forces, the West braced itself for a third world war.
. FER013 REPUBLIC F-84 The USAF's Thunderjet, Thunderstreak, and Thunderflash fighters Ken NEUBECK 2020, 112 pages, format 23 x ...
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Delai:3 semaines GBS932 F-102 DELTA DAGGER UNITS Combat aircraft n°132 Peter E DAVIES 2020, 96 pages, format 18....
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Delai:3 semaines OSP514 IN COLD WAR SKIES NATO and soviet air power 1949-89 Michael NAPIER 2020, 317 pages, format 24 x 29cm, photos NB et couleurs, ...
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Delai:3 semaines PSB717 IMAGES OF AVIATION: THE BERLIN AIRLIFT The world's largest ever air supply operationJohn GREHAN 2019, 184 pages, 19 x 24.6 ...
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. HPB504 CESSNA BIRD DOG Warpaint Special No. 4 Des BRENNAN 2018, 64 pages, format 21 x 30, photos NB et couleurs, profils couleurs, ...
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