To Save A City
Subtitle: Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949
By: Robert G. Miller
Contributors: Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.)
Publisher: Air Force History and Museums Program; [Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., distributor
Published: 1998
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Berlin (Germany) -- History -- Blockade, 1948-1949
Other titles: Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949
Notes: Shipping list no.: 98-0240-P

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-132)
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS; title: Germany in Defeat 1; title: Berlin 3; title: Breakdown 4; title: The Marshall Plan and German Unification 7; title: Threat and Response 10; title: The April Crisis and the "Little Lift" 11; title: Further Provocations 15; title: Currency Reform — A Pretext for Soviet Action 18; title: Berlin Under Siege 20; title: The Airlift Begins 21; title: Superfortresses to Great Britain 23; title: The Armed Convoy Option 25; title: Operation Vittles: An Expedient in Action 26; title: Operation Plainfare: The British Operation 35; title: To Stay or Go? 40; title: Diplomacy Fails 42; title: William H. Tunner 45; title: Airlift Task Force (Provisional) 50; title: Der Schokoladen-flieger 56; title: The Search for Additional Bases 58; title: "Black Friday" and a Pattern of Operations 62; title: Communications and Control 65; title: Weather Forecasting 69; title: Maintenance and Supply 70; title: Field Maintenance 73; title: 200-Hour Inspections 75; title: Global Logistics for the Airlift 77; title: Replacement Training 79; title: The Army Hauls the Freight 80; title: Some Uncommon Cargos 85; title: The Airlift Meets "General Winter" 88; title: "Anchors Aweigh" 92; title: Airlift, November 1948— May 1949 95; title: The Easter Parade 99; title: Contingency Planning: Airlift to 1952 101; title: "Blockade Ends; Airlift Wins" 103; title: Dismantling the Airlift 106; title: The Berlin Airlift: A Tally and Legacy 108; title: Some Basic Statistics 108; title: North Atlantic Treaty Organization 109; title: Federal Republic of Germany 112; title: The Promise of Strategic Air Logistics 113; title: Notes 119