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1	The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour more books like this by Andrei Cherny add to wishlist Cherny presents a masterfully told story of the unlikely men who came together to make the Berlin Airlift one of the great military and humanitarian successes of American history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot more books like this by Margot Theis Raven, Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen (Illustrator) add to wishlist This picture book tells the true story of an American pilot who, during the post-World War II Berlin Airlift, began dropping tiny parachutes filled with chocolates from his plane down to the children on the streets of West Berlin. One little girl named Margot, who was never able to catch one, sent a letter to Lt. Gail Halvorsen, the pilot who ... see all copies from $7.53! new only from $13.14! \| SVS
3	To Save a City: The Berlin Airlift 1948-1949 more books like this by Roger G Miller add to wishlist Drawing on rare US Air Force files, recently declassified documents from the National Archives, records released since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the memories of airlift veterans themselves, Roger G. Miller provides an original study of the Berlin Airlift. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Pathfinder more books like this by Margaret Mayhew add to wishlist A heroic love story set at the time of the Berlin Air Lift. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $8.54! \| first editions
5	Berlin in the Balance: The Blockade, the Airlift, the First Major Battle of the Cold War more books like this by Thomas Parrish add to wishlist Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the airlift conducted by Western powers to help the citizens of West Berlin after the Soviet Union's blockade divided West Germany from Berlin. This also serves as an account of postwar Europe, with a brief history of Berlin and its role in World War II. see all copies from $2.49! new only from $14.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Bridge Across the Sky: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift, 1948-1949 more books like this by Richard Collier add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
7	The Berlin Airlift more books like this by Ann Tusa add to wishlist In summer 1948, the Russians occupied all of Eastern Europe. Behind Russian lines, the Allied-controlled part of the great city of Berlin stood as the lone Western outpost in a sea of Communist occupation. Then the Soviets closed all Allied traffic through their zone, sealing off the food and supply routes on which the city relied. A vast air ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.52! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Good-Bye to the Mermaids: A Childhood Lost in Hitler's Berlin more books like this by Karin Finell add to wishlist "Good-bye to the Mermaids" conveys the horrors of war as seen through the innocent eyes of a child. It is the story of World War II as it affected three generations of middle-class German women: Karin, six years old when the war began, who was taken in by Hitler's lies; her mother, Astrid, a rebellious artist who occasionally spoke out against the ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $18.89! \| SVS
9	Blockade: Berlin and the Cold War more books like this by Eric Morris add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
10	The Blockade Breakers: The Berlin Airlift more books like this by Helena P Schrader add to wishlist In June 2008, the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift will be celebrated. The Berlin Airlift represents one of the most dramatic humanitarian efforts of the postwar era and was a strikingly successful example of British and American co-operation. Furthermore, it was an event which made a major contribution towards turning a wartime ... see all copies from $20.91! new only from $22.78! \| SVS
11	Candy Bombers more books like this by Robert Elmer add to wishlist In book one of this series, cousins Erich and Katarina find that survival in post-World War II Berlin isn't easy, especially when the Russians impose a 24/7 blockade around the city. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.12!
12	The Berlin blockade more books like this by Ann Tusa, John Tusa add to wishlist From the beginning of 1948 the Russians gradually mounted a siege against the Western sectors of Berlin occupied by American, British and French troops since the end of the war against Nazism. By June 1948 the blockade seemed total. Would the two and a half million West Berliners choose defiance and starvation or capitulation and absorption into ... see all copies from $2.53! first editions
13	The Confederate Blockade of Washington, D.C., 1861-1862 more books like this by Mary A. Wills add to wishlist see all copies from $5.95! new only from $24.67! \| signed copies \| first editions
14	Airbridge to Berlin: The Berlin Crisis of 1948, Its Origins and Aftermath more books like this by Dennis M Giangreco, Robert E Griffin add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! new only from $14.30! \| first editions
15	Bridge in the sky more books like this by Frank Robert Donovan add to wishlist see all copies from $5.06! first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Berlin Airlift more books like this by Michael Burgan add to wishlist Three years after the end of World War II, the citizens of Berlin were threatened with starvation. The Soviets had blocked all traffic into the divided city. No food, coal, or other supplies could reach the more than 2 million citizens. The Allies, led by the United States and Great Britain, came to their rescue. Cargo planes filled with supplies ... see all copies from $5.89! new only from $5.89! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Channel Fleet and the Blockade of Brest, 1793-1801 more books like this by Roger Morriss add to wishlist During the French Revolutionary War the Channel Fleet played the crucial role of defending Britain from invasion, defending Britain's incoming and outgoing trade through the Channel and Western approaches, and preventing the French Brest Fleet from setting forth on raids and expeditions. This text presents documents that reveal the evolution of ... see all copies from $35.06! new only from $113.03!
18	Squall Across the Atlantic: American Civil War Prize Cases and Diplomacy more books like this by Stuart L Bernath add to wishlist see all copies from $4.99! signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Berlin Airlift: The Salvation of a City more books like this by Jon Sutherland, Diane Canwell add to wishlist At the end of World War II, the German capital city of Berlin was divided into four zones controlled by America, Great Britain, France, and Russia.In June 1948, in an attempt to drive the Allied forces out of Berlin, Stalin stopped all road and rail traffic in and out if the city, whilst simultaneously cutting off all electricity and ... see all copies from $11.94! new only from $19.34! \| SVS
20	Berlin Blockade more books like this by John Man add to wishlist see all copies from $2.60! first editions
21	The American Occupation of Germany: Politics and the Military, 1945-1949 more books like this by John Gimbel add to wishlist see all copies from $19.94! new only from $149.76! \| first editions
22 view cover	Germany's last mission to Japan : the sinister voyage of U-234 more books like this by Joseph M. Scalia add to wishlist see all copies from $15.84!
23	The siege of Berlin more books like this by Mark Arnold-Forster add to wishlist see all copies from $11.99! signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Naval Blockades in Peace and War: An Economic History Since 1750 more books like this by Lance Davis, Stanley L Engerman add to wishlist A number of major blockades, including the Continental System in the Napoleonic Wars, the War of 1812, the American Civil War, and World Wars I and II, in addition to the increased use of peacetime blockades and sanctions with the hope of avoiding war, are examined in this book. The impact of new technology and organizational changes on the nature ... see all copies from $69.24! new only from $85.56! \| SVS
25 view cover	Berlin Airlift more books like this by Arthur Pearcy add to wishlist The Allies responded immediately to the Soviet occupation of West Berlin with a miracle of logistics. In eleven months Allied aircraft made thousands of flights into three airfields in the cramped airspace of West Berlin, carrying everything needed to keep a modern city alive. Coinciding with the upcoming celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of ... see all copies from $14.95! new only from $42.75!

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