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Berlin Wall
Berlin Airlift
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What is the German Democratic Republic
Which republic commissioned the construction for the Berlin Wall?
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1945-48
How long did the Airlift last?
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November 1989
When did the Berlin Wall finally get taken down?
200
Uncle Wiggly Wings, because he would tilt his Douglas DC-3's wings to signify his coming, as he said he would a few months earlier
Who was Gail Halvorsen, a major contributor to the airlift, also known as to the children of West Germany?
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Sunday, August 13
When exactly did the east and west German borders finally close?
300
Black Friday
On August 13, during a supply drop off at Lindenhoff Airport, a C-54 crashed and burned at the end of the runway, and a second one landing behind it burst its tires while trying to avoid it. A third transport ground looped after mistakenly landing on a runway under construction. In accordance with the standard procedures then in effect, all incoming transports including Tunner's, arriving every three minutes, were stacked above Berlin by air traffic control from 3,000 to 12,000 feet in bad weather, creating an extreme risk of mid-air collision. What was this day know as?
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Ich bin ein Berliner
Visiting in 1963, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy "spoke" to the Soviets on the other side, also reciting a infamous phrase that benefitted the needy Western Berliners
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A Douglass DC-3
What was the most common american plane used for the airlift?
500
What is German reunification
Though the wall fell in 1989, what related issue was formally concluded on October 3, 1990?
500
The Soviets were preoccupied with rebuilding their war-torn economy and society.
Why didn't the Soviets intervene?