Problem
On 24 June 1948 the world was stunned when Soviet military officials halted all ground traffic into the western half of Berlin, deep inside the Soviet sphere of occupied Germany, thus beginning the Berlin Blockade. The Allies responded with what became known as the Berlin Airlift. Tell us about the Berlin Airlift -- what it was, how it operated, what some of its major constraints were, and how well it worked. How did the Berlin Airlift turn out in the end?