On 24 June 1948 the Soviet Union closed the land and water routes into West Berlin, and the Western powers answered by flying food, coal and medicine into the city. I tell how the airlift worked, from the first planes at Tempelhof to the record Easter Saturday of 1949, and where the sources disagree on the numbers. Along the way it is also the story of one pilot who dropped sweets to children on the approach to Tempelhof. Stand at Platz der Luftbrücke in front of the old Tempelhof airport and count the three ribs of the monument, which stand for the three air corridors.

Chapters:
0:00 The blockade
4:24 Three airfields
8:32 Candy from the sky
11:57 Record day
16:00 The monument

Sources:
https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/lexika/das-junge-politik-lexikon/319929/berliner-blockade-luftbruecke/
https://www.dhm.de/archiv/ausstellungen/berliner-blockade/raum3.html
https://www.berlin.de/en/attractions-and-sights/4859718-3104052-berlin-airlift-monument.en.html
https://www.berlin.de/ba-tempelhof-schoeneberg/ueber-den-bezirk/gedenken/artikel.1688741.php
https://www.thf-berlin.de/en/history-of-location/symbol-of-freedom/airlift
https://www.berlin.de/landesdenkmalamt/denkmale/denkmale-der-alliierten/grossbritannien/spandau/royal-air-force-gatow-raf-gatow-648000.php
https://www.fes.de/news/75-jahre-berliner-luftbruecke-eine-spurensuche-im-archiv-der-sozialen-demokratie
https://www.visitberlin.de/de/blog/berliner-luftbruecke-schokolade-fallschirmchen

Narrated with an AI voice. The short breaks are read in Yusuf's own cloned voice. More at walkofberlin.com