Word: cke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...formal Geburtstagsfeier took place the day before, when some 4,000 Berliners solemnly gathered around Tempelhof. The huge square in front of the airport was renamed "Platz der Luitbrücke" (Airbridge Square). Berlin's Mayor Ernst Reuter told the crowd that they were in a fight which would not end until "all our people are free." He remembered how, when General Lucius Clay first told him that the U.S. would supply Berlin by air, he had remarked to the general's aide: "It's wonderful to hear Clay's determination...
British pilots learned the futility of attempting to ruin tunnels, destroy open railroad lines, bomb out freight yards, which can be repaired within a few hours. Knocking out bridges proved difficult (Cologne's Südbrücke, hit repeatedly, is still in service). But locomotives are R.A.F. meat. As targets they offer an additional advantage-they must always be brought within range. To supply their Channel defenses, for instance, the Germans have to bring locomotives up to the coast within convenient reach of British fighter planes...