Lucius D. Clay
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Lucius Dubignon Clay was a senior officer of the United States Army who was known for his administration of occupied Germany after World War II. He served as the deputy to General of the Army Dwight D
Clay in 1949
Clay on the cover of Time on 12 July 1948
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Clay with General of the Army Eisenhower at Gatow Airport in Berlin during the Potsdam Conference in 1945
Berlin Blockade
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The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' rail
Lucius D. Clay
…Commander in Chief, United States Forces in Europe and military governor of the United States Zone, Germany, from 1947 to 1949. Clay orchestrated the Berlin Airlift (1948–1949) when the USSR blockaded West Berlin. Clay was born on April 23, 1898, in Marietta, Georgia, the sixth and last child of Alexander S. Clay…
West Berliners watch a Douglas C-54 Skymaster land at Tempelhof Airport, 1948
Germans watching supply planes at Tempelhof
A C-74 Globemaster plane at Gatow airfield on 19 August with more than 20 tons of flour from the United States
An RAF Short Sunderland moored on the Havel near Berlin unloading salt during the airlift