berlin airlift

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   airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin

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Questions about berlin airlift

What does berlin airlift mean?

berlin airlift means "airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin".

Is berlin airlift a common word?

berlin airlift is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.