City Under Siege (H) Tapa dura - 1999

Potomac Books Inc, 1999-03-31. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.2000 9.2000 6.5000.

Batsford Brassey Inc., 1999. Very good/Very good. 8vo. 240 x 160mm, 321 pages. B/w photos. Book condition: Very good, clean black boards, tight binding, no inscriptions. Jacket condition: Very good, clean, bright, not faded, not creased, not clipped, minor bump to lower front corner. Comments: An excellent history of the Berlin airlift which extended to 15 months and 270,000+ flights to ensure that Berliners were fed, and heated when the Russians closed access through East Germany. Told from the experiences of airmen, politicians and citizens. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Potomac Books Inc, 1999-04-01. First edition, Complete Numbers . Hardcover. fine/fine. NOT an ex library book. Clean interior pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped. Dust jacket is different than the stock image.

Brassey's Inc, 1999-04. Hardcover. Good.

Washington, DC: Brassey's, 1999. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. xiv 321, [1] p. Illustrations. Notes. Index. 1998 was the fiftieth anniversary of the blockade and airlift-Author's sources include recently declassified documents and previously unpublished diaries of participants-Unites the political, military, and human aspects of a story packed with courage, intrigue, humor, and pathos At the close of World War II, the Soviet Union controlled all of eastern Germany except the Allied sectors of Berlin. In June 1948, Soviet authorities halted all rail traffic between the city and the outside world, effectively dooming the inhabitants of the Western sectors to starvation. American and British air forces immediately began a massive supply airlift. Flying 276, 926 dangerous missions and bringing in 2.3 million tons of food and coal, the Berlin Airlift cost the lives of 75 U.S. and British airmen but saved the besieged enclave. By focusing on the… Leer más